Location Njabini, Nyandarua County, Central Province, Kenya Community Description The Njabini community is located 8,000 feet high in the Aberdare Mountain Range. It is two hours from the capital city of Nairobi, and is the source of water and much of the food that is transported there. Despite the fact that the area receives more […]
Water Charity with Friendly Water for the World put on a 9-day training program and conference in Gisenyi, Rwanda in January 2017. The technology taught was the construction and maintenance of rainwater catchment systems, with a focus on Ferro-cement tanks. The conference and training were a great success, and publication of the conclusion was delayed until the results, including the spin-off […]
Water Charity will be joining with Friendly Water for the World to put on a 9-day training program and conference in Gisenyi, Rwanda in January 2017. The technology to be taught is the construction and maintenance of rainwater catchment systems, with a focus on Ferro-cement tanks. This program will proliferate the technology through 7 countries (Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, […]
Location: Narok, Mau Forest, Kenya Problem Addressed: The 30,000 members of the Ogiek tribe are the indigenous forest-dwelling beekeepers of Kenya. They have likely been there for a millennium or more. In Kenya, they are considered the lowest of the low on the social totem pole, among other reasons because they do not trade in money, […]
This project is made possible through the partnership of Water Charity and the National Peace Corps Association. This project has been completed. To read about the conclusion, CLICK HERE. Location The town of Pap Onditi, just outside Kisumu, Kisumu County, Kenya Community Description The Kisumu area is fairly dry, like a lot of the Nyanza region. The town […]
This project is made possible through the partnership of WATER CHARITY and the NATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION. Location Kolo Village, Rusinga Island, Kenya Community Description Kolo is a rural village on the northeast side of Rusinga Island. The village is characterized as a subsistence agricultural area dependent on seasonal rains. The area has a secondary […]
Location Magunga, Suba District, Nyanza Province, Kenya Community Description Magunga Township Secondary School is a young school located in a rural village near Lake Victoria in the scenic Gwassi Hills. The community is small and agriculturally based and the area is semi-arid with long periods of dryness as well as the problems of soil erosion […]
This project is made possible through the partnership of WATER CHARITY and the NATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION, working with Friendly Water for the World. This project has been completed. To read about the conclusion, scroll down below. Gusii Community Network (GUCONET) BioSand Filter Construction Training Location: Kisii, Kenya (near Lake Victoria – click map to enlarge) […]
This project is made possible through the partnership of WATER CHARITY and the NATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION. This project has been completed. To read about the conclusion, CLICK HERE. Location Kamiyawa sub-location, Homa-Bay County, Western Kenya Community Description The community where the project is situated is comprised of about 60 households, two schools and one market. […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Raymond Orenda, Co-Founder, Organic Food Kenya. To read about the start of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was designed to build a rainwater harvesting system to capture and store water at 6 locations in the community. Raymond reports: We built the bases and installed the 6 […]