Toilet block for 350 Rural Pupils in Kenya
SummaryThe action project will give 175 boys and 175 girls hygienic sanitation; reduce hunger through increased school food production (farm manure) and preserve environment (saving trees through biogas for |
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
The project addresses the multiple problems of inadequate sanitation, disease causing groundwater pollution (by normal latrines), deforestation for cooking purposes and hunger/food insecurity in schools in rural Manga District of Nyanza Province in Kenya. At the end, the school will have hygienic dry based sanitation facilities; improved food security by improving soil fertility and alternative cooking energy sources (biogas) thus reducing deforestation. “We will kill three birds with one stone
Activities
The dry based sanitation facilities, clean water, food and improved environment will improve performance and reduce absenteeism. Doreen, a class 6 girl says, “With washroom privacy and clean water available, we will be able to concentrate fully”.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $0
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $30,000
Total Funding Goal: $30,000
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This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Over 350 pupils will be able to spend more time in school as: they will eat in school; less time will be spent bringing and collecting water for their daily use and attending hospital due to diarrhea and other water borne diseases.
Project Message
“With food available and not carrying water over long distances, these kids can finally be on an equal footing with others in more endowed districts”.
- Florence Sagini, Class 8 teacher, Bigogo Primary School.
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Evans Misati James
Executive Director
Utumishi Coop House-4th Floor, Mamlaka Road
PO Box 16923
Nairobi, 00100
Kenya
+254-20-2734261
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Project Sponsor
Organization
Health and Water Foundation (HWF)
Utumishi Coop House - 4th Floor Mamlaka Road, Off Nyerere Road,
Nairobi,
Kenya
GPO 00100
Kenya
254-20-2734261
http://www.healthandwater.org
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Where this Project is Located
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Kenya
and can also be found under 
Climate Change (GG Green).
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 May 19, 2009
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