The latest on our work and those supporting it
Mobile Monitoring Training in Kenya
This is Paul, he is a Community Development worker focusing on hygiene and sanitation. He works for Bridge Water Project, one of our partnering NGOs here Kenya. He’s learned how to submit a sanitation survey through his phone. Kenya is leading the way in mobile banking and we want to help Kenya pave the way […]
A New Well for St Emmanuel Church
St Emmanuel Kapng’etuny Church in Kenya was getting their water from gravity piped water from Kipkaren Township Water project. The dam is located 1.5km away from the church compound. The water was turbid and wasn’t receiving any treatment before being released to the community hence, the water was only good for animals to drink and […]
New Well for the Shipala Community
Shipala Community in Kenya is comprised of small scale farmers and most of their activities depend on water. To fetch water, community members would walk a half mile each way to a protected stream. However, the stream was seasonal and during the dry season, you’d have to wake up early for the chance of water. People in […]
A visit with the Kee Self Help Group
Our Water Programs Director, Crissie Ferrara, is in Kenya this week visiting a number of our partners and implementing teams. For the past few days, she’s been spending time with Africa Sand Dam Foundation (ASDF), visiting some of our recently completed water projects to see the kinds of progress these innovative solutions make possible.
Safe Water in Urban Settlements
Today, Crissie (Water Programs Director) spent time visiting our partners, Pamoja Trust, and a section of the Mathare Slum known as Mashimoni. We’re currently funding a legal piped water network to at least 50 plots via a micro-loan program. Crissie’s day began with the team discussing the pressing issue of lack of water and sanitation […]
Water Project May Updates
Here’s just some of what our teams have been up to lately… The Water Project successfully delivered clean water to eight communities in May, with four more projects nearing completion. We are excited to share that the hard work of our dedicated teams impacted a total of over 4,000 recipients across eastern Africa. By providing […]
TWP demonstrates commitment to Turkana as Public Health Campaign gets under way
Back in January I wrote a blog piece detailing the beginnings of our Public Health Campaign in Turkana, Northern Kenya. You can read that piece here. A couple of months later, and things are really starting to move. James Lobokan is coordinating the campaign from Lodwar Town, and his latest report really gives an […]
TWP embarks on Public Health Campaign in Northern Kenya
TWP has been slowly working towards establishing a presence in Northern Kenya for a couple of years. During this time we’ve brought clean water to both the House of Hope Orphanage as well as Kakiring Community. Working in Northern Kenya is a challenge, conditions are tough and success is not guaranteed. Mobilising equipment from Nairobi […]
My Heart Will Not Sit Down
What are you reading this summer? A great spy novel perhaps? A mystery that has you on the edge of your seat, reading long into the night when you should be sleeping? Here at The Water Project we have a reading list. We challenge each other with concepts from the books we read. Books on […]
TWP catch up with Kakiring Community in Northern Kenya
Posted by Jack Owen, TWP WASH Program Manager. 14 May 2012 I spent most of last year living in Kenya. A lot of that time I was working directly with our partner organisations, working through program strategies and contributing to project proposals. It was a very fruitful time, and led to new relationships as well […]