Kalawa Water Project
UPDATE Received 01/2008 - Read Here!
Kalawa Project Details:
Type: Weir (sand-dam)
Size: 175 ft long and 9ft high
Expected capacity: 2 million litres
Beneficiaries: 2,100 people - 350 men, 700 women, 1,050 youth and children, 1,000 livestock.
Location: Kalawa, in Makueni district, borders the Yatta Division of Machakos District on the East and Makueni District on the West. It is 90 kms south of Machakos town.
Total Cost: $5,600 plus the local community's contribution.
Sponsor: Private individual through TheWaterProject.org.
Status: Funded, Under Construction
This report recently came in from the field...
"The average distance traveled to get water by the households is 2 kilometres. Women are particularly disadvantaged for they have to carry the water on their back in 20 litres jerry cans at least twice a day.
The weir construction at Kalawa will be of different engineering mode since it is built on a rock outcrop. They will build two parallel reinforcing block wall sandwiched with concrete of 175 ft long and 9ft high."
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