Ablution block and Kitchen for 500 in Nairobi Slum
Help poverty in Africa
Summary
This project will provide 500 residents of a Nairobi slum with access to toilets, showers and safe cooking facilities.
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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: $4,655
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $23,944
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
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Constance Hunt
Executive Director
P.O. Box 1336, Village Market
Nairobi, . 00621-00100
Kenya
254726295675
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Kenya Water, Energy Cleanliness and Health Project
P.O. Box 1336, Village Market
Nairobi,
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62100100
Kenya
+254726295675
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Where this Project is Located
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For more information about Kenya, read the Human Development Report on Kenya or the Wikipedia entry for Kenya.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 10, 2007
Latest Update from the Field
Finishing!
By Constance Hunt - Executive Director, September 25, 2009 04:25 PM
Our contractor disappeared from the project site for 5 months but now he's back. We hope that all the construction-related work will be done by the end of this month and that next month we will finish all the "extras" - water heaters, appliances, cabinets and painting. Then on to looking for money for phase two - construction of an upper floor where people can meet and eat food prepared by the women using the kitchen!
Thanks again for you support and please continue your generosity.
Sincerely,
Constance
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