Catie Hagman of Menlo Park took on as a personal project raising funds to build a well in Lughi, a large village in Kadugli County in Sudan that’s in desperate need of clean water.
A senior at Notre Dame High School in Belmont and the daughter of Libby and Roger Hagman of Menlo Park, she reached her goal of raising $7,000 with the support of family and friends. That’s enough to build a well for 500 people.
A talk two years ago at Notre Dame High by Bishop Macram Gassis from southern Sudan “profoundly affected me and motivated me,” she said.
Catie was recently honored by the California Interscholastic Federation and the Central Coast Section for being a varsity athlete who has maintained a cumulative unweighted grade-point average of 3.5 or better through seven semesters of high school. Catie is on the cross country team at Notre Dame.
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