4th Project: Improvement of Community-based Water Supply System Project

Children collecting water from laid water-supply pipe

１）Project site
Nyalenda Slum, Kisumu County, Nyanza Province, Kenya

Kenya	Nyanza Province

２）Beneficiaries
400 people, 30 fanilies

３）Project period
March 2010 to August 2011

４）Local partner
Kenya Organization for Environmental Education (KOEE)
https://www.koee.org/

５）Problems
Though there is piped water in Nyalenda slum, it is contaminated due to inappropriate disposal of waste water. Some local people draw water from wells, which however is also polluted. In addition to that, piped water is facing a certain problem of illegal piping.

６）Outputs
・Conducting pre-meeting of the project with the local people
・Conducting cleaning campaign with the local people and stakeholders at the project site
・Conducting workshop on the water and sanitation
・Laying 3 water-supply pipes and installing 4 water points each.
・Laying water-supply pipes to 30 houses directly
・Water quality tests

７）Potential Impact
・People in the Nyalenda slum community are able to access safe water.
・People in the Nyalenda slum community acquired the knowledge on the water and sanitation.

During the project

Pre-meeting with the local people	Cleaning of the location to install a  water pipes

An article on the cleaning campaign posted on Daily Nation	Workshop on the water and sanitation

Constructing a water chamber	Water Quality Test

After the project

Women drawing water from the constructed water point	People in charge of collecting water fee from users