Location Rusinga Island East, Mbita District, Homa Bay County, Nyanza Province, Kenya Community Description Rusinga Island East is primarily a subsistence farming and goat raising economy. Waware Mixed Day Secondary School serves 350 students. It is a struggle for most of the parents/guardians to raise the school fees required by the school. However, the school […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Hayley Webster. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a protection for the spring and to provide for treatment of the water. Hayley reports: The spring at Shinabatende was successfully protected, providing the 420 residents […]
Location Ogongo, Mbita Division, Suba District, Nyanza Province, Kenya Community Description Ogongo is a remote village in Nyanza Province, Kenya. Most people who live in Ogongo are Luo, fishermen, and speak Dhulo. Ogongo is near Lake Victoria but requires all day to walk several miles to and from the lake carrying water. Freshwater from Lake […]
Location Katumen village, West Pokot District, Kenya Community Description Katumen is a village in the West Pokot district that is located in an arid and semi-arid region of western Kenya. It is 150 kilometers away from the nearest hospital, which is in the town of Kapenguria. The only way to reach Katumen is through rocky […]
Location Kiaoni Village, Kibwezi District, Makueni County, Eastern Province, Kenya Community Description Kiaoni Village is located in an arid/semi-arid area, which has many serious food insecurities and is facing acute and sporadic cases of malnutrition and deaths. Rainfall in this region is very erratic and unreliable causing great difficulties for the community. Kiaoni Secondary School […]
Kibwezi District, Makueni County, Eastern Province, Kenya Community Description Kyanguli is a very small village, located approximately 16 km off the main highway between Nairobi and Mombasa. Once part of the large Tsavo game reserve, the area has seen a dramatic increase in population in the past decade. This has led to widespread deforestation and […]
Location Mutoma, Butere District, Western Province, Kenya Community Description Mutoma Primary School is located on a compound hidden among sugar canes and maize, and it cannot be found unless one already knows where it is. The children come to school carrying 5-10 L of water each day, barefoot and muddy because there is no water […]
Location Mundika, Busia District, Western Province, Kenya Community Description Mundika is a small village just outside of Busia which lies on the border of Kenya and Uganda. The area benefits from the rainy seasons, which are typically reliable, and is able to grow large amounts of maize because of the climate. Most of the people […]
Location Perani Village, Msambweni District, Kwale County, Coast Province, Kenya Community Description Perani is a small rural village nestled on the southern coast of Kenya approximately 6 km away from Lunga Lunga, the border town of Kenya and Tanzania. The village is located 2 hours south of Mombasa on the tarmac road. Perani is a […]
Location Shinabatende, Lurambi Division, Kakamega Central District, Western Province, Kenya Community Description Shinabatende is a community located between Kakamega and Mumias in Western Kenya. It is populated by members of the Luhya tribe, which is a polygamous tribe. The community has both Christians and Muslims. The people are mostly small-scale farmers that grow maize, beans […]