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Ablution block and Kitchen for 500 in Nairobi Slum
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Summary
This project will provide 500 residents of a Nairobi slum with access to toilets, showers and safe cooking facilities.
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Received $2,121 from 18 donations from people like:
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
People in the slum of Kawangware, Nairobi, Kenya lack access to toilets and showers. They also use kerosene and charcoal cookstoves that present fire hazards and create indoor air pollution. This project will provide toilets and generate methane from human waste. The methane will be used to heat water for showers and to cook food in a safe community kitchen. It will change lives by increasing dignity, reducing disease and generating income through access fees and selling food.
Activities
With community participation in design and construction,, we will construct an ablution block and community kitchen, train the community in system operation and maintenance, and turn it over to the community for use and income generation.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $2,121
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $26,479
Total Funding Goal: $28,600
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
The project will provide income-generating activities for 100 people, allowing them to provide for their families, and to save additional funds for further community improvements.
Project Message
We are delighted to have an opportunity to contribute the land needed for developing the ablution block and community kitchen. It will make lives better for everyone in our community.
- Moses Sivachii, Director, Kabiro Human Development Project
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on August 25, 2008.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 10, 2007.
Latest Update from the Field
Design Work has Started!
By Constance Hunt - Executive Director, August 25, 2008 05:02 PM
Dear Donors:
We have hired an architect and begun the design work for the project. The initial design, which has already been approved by the Kabiro Human Development Project (KHDP) board of directors, includes an open-air, roofed meeting/eating facility and an office on the first floor, above the ablution block and kitchen. The project will include a rainwater harvesting system. Existing pit latrines on the KHDP site will be connected to the biodigester so that the latrines can stay cleaner longer and the biodigester can begin to generate methane faster (a certain amont of human waste has to accumulate before the methane can start to flow). We also intend to connect the biodigester to an existing sewer line so that exhausting the remaining waste will be quick, easy and inexpensive.
Next steps include a meeting with the current users of the facilities at KHDP to get their feedback on the design, then a meeting with the broader community in the informal settlement of Kawangware to inform them about the project.
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