A Year Later: Mumuli Community, Shololwa Spring

A year ago, your generous donation enabled us to protect Shololwa Spring for Mumuli Community in Kenya. The contributions of incredible monthly donors and others giving directly to The Water Promise allow our local teams to visit project sites throughout the year, strengthening relationships with communities and evaluating the water project over time. These consistent visits allow us to learn vital lessons and hear amazing stories – and we’re excited to share this one from our local team member Betty Muhongo Majani with you.

"The implementation of [this] project has been vital to this community, especially to us children, since we can now access safe water," 15-year-old Violet Musanga said to us while visiting the spring.

Violet Musanga

Lucy Wasike, who was also there fetching water, agreed. She added that the hygiene and sanitation training alongside visits from Community Health Workers has helped boost the uptake of sanitation facilities and the implementation of water treatment by community members. The changes are apparent upon visiting.

As we made our way to the spring we noticed that most homes have sanitation facilities like a clothesline, dish rack, and compost pit. The compounds are also neat, further proving that sanitation standards in this community have really improved!

"There has been improved health even to those who didn't attend the training," Lucy said.

Violet added, "The water and sanitation committee members are doing good work in educating us on the issues of health."

Protection of the spring is only one step along the journey toward sustainable access to clean water. The Water Project is committed to consistent monitoring of each water source. Our monitoring and evaluation program, made possible by donors like you, allows us to maintain our relationships with communities by visiting up to 4 times each year to ensure that the water points are safe and reliable.

Lucy Wasike

This is just one of the many ways that we monitor projects and communicate with you. Additionally, you can always check the functionality status and our project map to see how all of our water points are performing, based on our consistent monitoring data.

One project is just a drop in the bucket towards ending the global water crisis, but the ripple effects of this project are truly astounding. This spring in Mumuli is changing many lives.

This is only possible because of the web of support and trust built between The Water Project, our local teams, the community, and you. We are excited to stay in touch with this community and support their journey with safe water.

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