This innovative project will use Water.org’s WaterCredit model to mobilize and train women’s savings groups to take out and repay loans in order for them to access improved services.
Five out of six residents in the Nyalenda slums don’t have access to nearby safe water. They are either forced to pay high prices for vended water or suffer health problems by using unsafe water sources. The Kisumu water utility is willing to serve people in these areas, yet the connection fees are too high for most people to pay for at once. The dense urban environment also makes sanitation a daily health challenge for people there. Approximately 6,000 people will benefit from the program.
•Project will educate community members on the importance of safe water and other hygienic practices •Mobilize and train women’s savings groups that will take out and repay WaterCredit loans for the cost of obtaining water connections and latrines
Over 6,000 people will gain access to safe, affordable water and hygienic sanitation. Health and economic status will improve and women who participated in the program will be empowered.
Project will improve the lives of people living in dire poverty in Kisumu while providing a model that Water.org can utilize in other urban centers across Kenya and ultimately sub-Saharan Africa.
- Rich Thorsten, Director of International Programs
Total Funding Received to Date: $1,045
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 $1,045 . The original project funding goal was $100,000.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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