WaterCredit - Kisumu, Kenya
Summary
This innovative project will use Water.org’s WaterCredit model to mobilize and train women’s savings groups to take out and repay loans in order for them to access improved services.
How Donors Like You Helped
Thanks to donors like you, a total of $1,045 was raised for this project. Other Projects Run By Water.org That You Can Help
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Five out of six residents in the Nyalenda slums don’t have access to nearby safe water. They are either forced to pay high prices for vended water or suffer health problems by using unsafe water sources. The Kisumu water utility is willing to serve people in these areas, yet the connection fees are too high for most people to pay for at once. The dense urban environment also makes sanitation a daily health challenge for people there. Approximately 6,000 people will benefit from the program.
Activities
•Project will educate community members on the importance of safe water and other hygienic practices •Mobilize and train women’s savings groups that will take out and repay WaterCredit loans for the cost of obtaining water connections and latrines
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $1,045
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $1,045 . The original project funding goal was $100,000.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Over 6,000 people will gain access to safe, affordable water and hygienic sanitation. Health and economic status will improve and women who participated in the program will be empowered.
Project Message
Project will improve the lives of people living in dire poverty in Kisumu while providing a model that Water.org can utilize in other urban centers across Kenya and ultimately sub-Saharan Africa.
- Rich Thorsten, Director of International Programs
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Jessica Brooks
Donor Care Specialist
2405 Grand
Box 12
Kansas City, Missouri 64108
United States
913-312-8600
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Water.org
PO Box 22680
Kansas City,
Missouri
64113-0680
United States
913.312.8600
http://www.water.org
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Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Kenya
and can also be found under 
Health.
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 February 26, 2009
Latest Update from the Field
Quarterly Update - July 2009
By Jessica Brooks - Donor Care Specialist, July 01, 2009 11:52 AM
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