Primary School Water and Sanitation
Murumba Primary School Water and Sanitation, Ugenya Kenya
Status
Needs funding
Focus area
Location
Ugenya
Siaya District, Kenya
The project builds a water system for the school (600 persons) for drinking, sanitation & horticulture, builds 6 VIP toilets & gender friendly washing facility for girls and provides training on management & hygiene.
Target benchmarks
- 1 functioning water systems
- 6 functioning sanitation systems
- 1 functioning hygiene facilities
- 600 persons with access to improved water for 30 years
- 600 persons with access to improved sanitation for 10 years
- 450 persons who receive training / education per year
The water is distributed to toilets, taps for drinking and the school horticulture project. With the provision of safe drinking water, sanitation and washing facilities there will be less water borne diseases and enhanced school performance by allowing the school pupils time to concentrate in class. Horticulture proceeds will be used for buying sanitary towels for the poor girls and to employ additional teachers. Training includes operation & maintenance of the facilities and hygiene education.
Target benchmarks
- 1 functioning water systems
- 6 functioning sanitation systems
- 1 functioning hygiene facilities
- 600 persons with access to improved water for 30 years
- 600 persons with access to improved sanitation for 10 years
- 450 persons who receive training / education per year
The project has an elected management committee whose membership comprises of the school head, some parents and the local administration of the area. The current committee has been in office since 2005, operational by-laws have been established. It has 3 governance structure, PTA, School management committee and the school administration. The committee comprises of 5 women and 8 men. Regularly scheduled committee meetings are held and minutes kept. There are sensitisation campaigns running currently to sensitise the community on the water project and their expected involvement. The management committee members will manage the water project on a daily basis, as no staff will be employed initially but after about one month a water seller will be employed. The group management is relatively young and requires strengthening and motivation for effective management which will be done by a local NGO in the area. A separate bank account for the water project will be opened and operated by the elected officials. The water will be sold at an affordable price per 20 litre containers as is the common measurement in the area. The money collected will be used for maintenance, paying the water seller and starting horticulture farming for sale to the community. School based management: Key aspect of operation and maintenance is facilitate the establishment of school based safe water and hygiene club within the school to create increased peer knowledge sharing.
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Luuk Diphoorn
2009-06-19 14:08
Every donation made on this project is in turn matched with funding from Aqua for All. In the funding bar these funds are already visible, to highlight the guarantee from their side.
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Project updates
Murumba Primary School Water and Sanitation, Kenya
2009-03-09 10:16 by Edwin van Someren, WfWP, via web
The community has expressed that they are willing to contribute the equivalent of Euro 100,00 to the realisation of the project.
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Funding
2009-06-11 Request posted
Current funders
Geneva, Switzerland
Grant: € 100
Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
Grant: € 3,500
N/A, The Netherlands
Grant: € 1,680
Donations from individuals
Total: € 531
