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Help Fund a Water Project
Kibera, a slum area of Nairobi, currently has over
one million people living in an area slightly larger than one square mile.
The slum is made up of nine villages. The water problem is immense and there is no sewerage in Kibera . Existing
toilets are woefully inadequate, most are shallow pits close to the river for
easy discharge. They are sparsely located, each being shared by between 1200
people. This has led to the use
of ‘flying toilets’, where the residents use polythene bags to relieve
themselves and then dispose them anywhere.
Water and sanitation services in
Kibera slum are almost non-existent.
Open sewers and unrestrained waste disposal is evident everywhere. The
residents don’t have access to clean drinking water because the water for
drinking is siphoned through plastic
pipes that pass through sewage channels and the river is dirty because that’s where all the sewage
waste flows and when it rains that dirty water mixes with what the people
drink. During the rainy season, the slum is inhabitable. The pathways are
completely flooded and the streams that cut across the shanties overflow. The
open sewers make it worse because the sewage waste flows uncontrollably.
Why It Matters
Did you know nearly 1 billion people don't have safe water to drink?
Together, we can change that. Let's fund a new source of drinking water for those who suffer needlessly without it!
Our gifts will be used to construct or rehabilitate a water project, like a well or sand dam, in Africa. We'll see pictures, GPS coordinates, and updates as they come in from the actual water project we fund so we can celebrate the results along with the community we help.
About The Water Project
The Water Project, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization unlocking human potential by providing clean, safe water to communities around the world who suffer needlessly without.
Working with local partners in countries like Kenya, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Uganda, we build long lasting water projects that are organized, owned and managed by the communities receiving them.
Together, with our partners we identify, implement, report on and follow up on every project. Then we share the whole story with you to inspire confidence in the work being done and the impact it has.