Rehabilitation Project
This project is part of Bridge Water Project's program in Western Kenya. What follows is direct from them:
BACK GROUND OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT.
The proposed A.I.C Kapchemoiywo girls Secondary school is a girls boarding secondary school started in the year 1978 by A.I.C church of Kapchemoiywo community with an aim of providing secondary education to girl child which was very rare during those days since the girl child had been neglected in the place of education. A.I.C mission having had a call to educate girl child chose to make use of a white settlers home which was lying vacant since 1963 after independence. Kapchemoiywo girls secondary school since then has had support from the sponsor (A.I.C church) parents and teachers association (P.T.A) and constituency development fund (C.D.F) to enable it look like a learning institution.
The school having survived for all these years, access to quality water supply for their domestic use has been a great challenge above all. The Board of Governors (B.O.G) Parents Teachers and students learned of Bridge Water Project Development activities in the Nandi region and made their appeal to Bridge Water Project to intervene in their lack of quality water problem and consider to drill a donor funded borehole that is aiming at providing quality water for the entire schools domestic use and improving hygiene and sanitation standards of the Kapchemoiywo girls and the community.
CURRENT WATER SOURCE:
The school currently gets water from Muguri river situated 3KM away from the school compound. The supply is managed by National Water Company Kapsabet region and it’s not promising since the luster pump used is very old and breaking down often hence not being possible for the Kapchemoiywo girls to access water as they should. The water from Muguri River is turbid its value being 100 below the WHO recommendation. The school during rainy season also harvest water from the school roofs and store the water in Masonry Tanks and due to large population the harvested water doesn’t last longer and during long dry spell students are forced to walk 3KM going to fetch water for bathing and washing their clothes.
POPULATION:
The school records an enrollment of 340 students, 10 teachers, 10 non-teaching staff. Kapchemoiywo primary school pupils 450 (820 people). (Editor's Note: While this many people may have access on any given day, realistically a single water source can only support a population of 350-500 people. To learn more, click here.)
HYGIENE AND SANITATION:
There are 8 pit latrines that are washed 3 times a week, clothes lines are available for students to hung on their clothes after washing. No hand washing points outside toilets, classrooms etc. There’s compost pit where liters are burnt. The school kitchen has modern energy saving stoves with good ventilation.
PROJECT BENEFICIARIES:
If the well is drilled, Kapchemoiywo girls secondary school and primary school pupils will be the beneficiaries.
ASSESSING THE NEED:
Based on the baseline survey carried by Bridge Water Project staff, there is great need to drill a borehole for A.I.C Kapchemoiywo girls secondary school to enable students and staff access quality and consistent water supply for their domestic use and improve their academic, hygiene and sanitation standards.
WATER COMMITTEE:
The school has a water committee but before the implementation of the project, Bridge Water Project community education staff will do a capacity building for them to understand how the new water supply should be managed for sustainability.
