AMREF water & sanitation in Kajiado, Kenya

Improved health and living conditions Masai in Kajiado

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Description

There is an area in the south of Kenya called Kajiado, where it is difficult for people and animals to get clean drinking water. Boys and girls spend a few hours walking to get water that is often not even clean. Because of this they don't have enough time to play and attend school.

Who will benefit?

Category: Sanitation

12 sanitation systems
14000 people affected
1 years duration

Category: Water

13 water systems
14000 people affected
1 years duration

Location

Africa, Kenya
Kajiado
-1.836344, 36.794819

Project in depth

Focus area

Water and sanitation Categories: Education, Maintenance, Sanitation, Training, Water

Goals overview

AMREF is working with the people in Kajiado to build more wells, and to repair old wells. In Mtwara many children do not have a toilet. Around the schools it is often unsanitary, because it is necessary to urinate and defecate in the bushes near the school. This causes diseases, and that is why AMREF builds toilets.

Current status

Project plan

It is important that the wells are maintained, that is why many people are educated to be managers of the wells. They get training and are then to ensure that the wells are used appropriately, and fixed if something gets broken.