Safe drinking water to 800 orphans in Kenya

Summary

Water is a perennial problem in Kenya. Providing safe and clean water to orphans headed house holds is an urgent option to prevent diseases and risks faced when on long distances in search of water.

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $185 was raised for this project.

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Orphans headed house holds drink contaminated water in Ruiru district since securing safe water has been a great challenge. Water-borne diseases like Hepatitis A, diarrhea and dysentery continue to affect such families. Other adverse effects of limited access to water including limited ability to wash hands and body properly, resulting in increased infections in the intestinal tract skin and eyes. This project aim is to make water accessible to 1440 orphans through rain water harvesting.

Activities

Buy 360 X 1,000 litres plastic tanks, 2160 gutters, 1500 poles for electing the tanks & 10 kgs of nails. Distribute rain harvesting equipments Installation of the tanks. 10 days training for 1440 orphans on treating water and washing

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $185

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Project Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $185 .  The original project funding goal was $22,500.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

- Increased access to safe and clean drinking water - Reduce prevalence of common water-borne diseases affecting children under five years old - Increase in time available for children going to school - Increase of orphan’s status in the region

Project Message

Securing clean drinking water in Kenya has been great a challenge for a long time. Don't forget that water is life! Think about others and join us! Thank you.
- Ann Mungai, Assistant project Director

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Michael Gichia
Project Director
P.O.BOX 163, RUIRU
NAIROBI, N/A P.O.BOX 163, RUIRU
Kenya
+254 727 021 535
Email:

Project Sponsor

Michael Gichia

Organization

Murera Community Empowerment and Support Organizat
PO Box 163
Ruiru, Ruiru Ruiru
Kenya
+254 727 021 535
http://N/A

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Provision of safe drinking water to 800 orphans
Provision of safe drinking water to 800 orphans

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Kenya and can also be found under Children.

For more information about Kenya, read the Human Development Report on Kenya or the Wikipedia entry for Kenya.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on July 23, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 12, 2009