Project's area of focus: The project will provide health, sanitation, safety and income benefits.
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
People in the slum of Kawangware, Nairobi, Kenya lack access to toilets and showers. They also use kerosene and charcoal cookstoves that present fire hazards and create indoor air pollution. This project will provide toilets and generate methane from human waste. The methane will be used to heat water for showers and to cook food in a safe community kitchen. It will change lives by increasing dignity, reducing disease and generating income through access fees and selling food.
Activities
With community participation in design and construction,, we will construct an ablution block and community kitchen, train the community in system operation and maintenance, and turn it over to the community for use and income generation.
Expected Outcomes
The project will provide income-generating activities for 100 people, allowing them to provide for their families, and to save additional funds for further community improvements.
Project Message
We are delighted to have an opportunity to contribute the land needed for developing the ablution block and community kitchen. It will make lives better for everyone in our community.
- Moses Sivachii, Director, Kabiro Human Development Project
Project Contact
Constance Hunt,
Executive Director
P.O. Box 1336, Village Market Nairobi, . 00621-00100
Kenya
254726295675
Kenya Water, Energy Cleanliness and Health Project
P.O. Box 1336, Village Market Nairobi.62100100 Kenya
+254726295675
Organization's Mission
To provide water and sanitation services to informal settlements in the Nairobi river basin and to improve the ecological health of the Nairobi River.
Organization's Programs
KWENCH has three programs: water and sanitation, solid waste management and conservation and restoration of the Nairobi River and tributaries.
Organization's Current Projects on GlobalGiving
Ablution block and Kitchen for 500 in Nairobi Slum
Organization Statistics
Financial Statistics
Constance Elizabeth Hunt,
Executive Director
Founded in 2006
Employees: 2
Volunteers: 0
Other funding sources: Personal savings of executive director, friends of executive director, UNICEF, embassy of Finland, Safaricom Foundation Religious Affiliation: none
Personnel Overview
Constance Elizabeth Hunt - Executive Director
Ms. Hunt has worked in the field of water resources management for over 20 years. She has worked for the U.S. government and conservation NGOs in both the developed and developing world. Before starting KWENCH, she served as a senior advisor to the United Nations Environment Program. She has published three books on conservation and water management.
Benjamin Chege Wangai - Driver and interpreter
Mr. Wangai has worked for a law firm and a tourism company.
