Construction is complete on the Butenje Primary School Well
This community is located in the Shiambitsi Sub. Location in Western Kenya, about 28km Kakamega.
Project Type: Borehole Well and Hand Pump
Program: Wells for Schools - Kenya
Impact: 500 Served
Project Phase:
In Service - Jul 2009
Functionality Status: Functional
Construction is complete on the Butenje Primary School Well
This community is located in the Shiambitsi Sub. Location in Western Kenya, about 28km Kakamega.
Girls and women walk long distances for water when safe water is very often right under their feet! Underground rivers, called aquifers, often contain a constant supply of safe water – but you have to get to it. No matter what machine or piece of equipment is used, all drilling is aiming for a borehole that reaches into an aquifer. If the aquifer has water - and after the well is developed - we are able to pull water to the surface utilizing a hand-pump. If all goes as planned, the community is left with a safe, closed water source providing around 5 gallons of water a minute through a hand-pump.