Project Status



Project Type:  Borehole Well and Hand Pump

Program:

Impact: 500 Served

Project Phase:  Decommissioned

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Community Profile

A new well is being constructed for the Alpha Orphan Care and Vocational Training Center near Kakamega, Kenya.  This well will serve vulnerable children, a vocation school and the surrounding community.

Our implementer in the field filed this initial report (edited for clarity):

This group supports orphans
and vulnerable children in the community of Khwisero East and has 76 trained
community health workers.  Each health worker takes care of 15 children. The school runs vocational training for the same children in tailoring.

Population

Currently they are supporting 100 children on a daily basis who come to learn different
skills.

Current  water source

They currently have to hire somebody to get water from a source of unknown quality over 5km from Alpha.

The water is used for poultry keeping, bee keeping, and dairy keeping but is not safe for human consumption.

Project
Beneficiaries

The orphans themselves plus the income
generating activities and the community in general that has a population of
1,500.  The proposed well will be situated near a market place that does not currently have water to serve
the community.

WATSAN

They have a committee on healththat will oversee the water project or the
organization.

Latest Update:

9/28/2010 - Well completed and handed over the the community

Our partner reported from the dedication ceremony... (unedited)

"The BWP staff went on to hand over the water system to Alpha Vocational Training centre.
At least 32 C.H.W were present, 20 parents and 200 orphans were present.
The orphans were joyful and happy because the desire of their heart was fulfilled.

For the shortest period the water system was ready, the environment was clean and attractive and the orphans were also clean.

Both the part present sung a Luyha song saying “Mwana wa mberi neshikhoyero”

It was a joyful moment in the orphans.

Women screamed and men whistled as the water was pumped out."

 

9/27/2010 - Pump Installation - Pictures Added
8/27/2010 - Drilling Underway - Pictures Added

8/18/2010 - Community Sanitation and Hygiene Training - Pictures Added

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Project Type

Abundant water is often right under our feet! Beneath the Earth’s surface, rivers called aquifers flow through layers of sediment and rock, providing a constant supply of safe water. For borehole wells, we drill deep into the earth, allowing us to access this water which is naturally filtered and protected from sources of contamination at the surface level. First, we decide where to drill by surveying the area and determining where aquifers are likely to sit. To reach the underground water, our drill rigs plunge through meters (sometimes even hundreds of meters!) of soil, silt, rock, and more. Once the drill finds water, we build a well platform and attach a hand pump. If all goes as planned, the community is left with a safe, closed water source providing around five gallons of water per minute! Learn more here!


Sponsors


8 individual donors