Starting this year, NORTHERN KENYA CAUCUS (NORKENYA) will bring a new drilling technology called the Village Drill, to their School WASH programs in Northern Kenya.
Schools in Northern Kenya have been affected so much not only in terms of infrastructure but the provision of Water, Sanitation facilities and Hygiene.
The Program will first start with 7 schools in Mandera East and Lafey districts along the Kenya Somalia Border through the use of the "Village Drill", A new technonolgy by WHOLIVES.org, An American group and has been presented through various circles and meetings.
By using the “Village Drill” (a human powered drilling rig), we can
now bring clean water to many of our schools and communities lviing in arid and semi-arid vast areas of Northern Kenya. The delivery of this water
drill will provide new hope to the communities who suffer every day from scarce and
contaminated water and prolonged droughts.
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Without Water and proper hygiene, our hospital will be occupied by people who are sick due
to contaminated water. With clean water, we can eradicate half the
problems on an already overburdened health care system, freeing up beds
and doctors to concentrate on other health needs such as AIDS, Malaria,
and Measles.
With water, When women and girls are not fetching
water for 6 hours a day they can be involved with education an
entrepreneurial endeavours. For men, to be healthy means to be more
consistent with their daily labour. Most importantly is that healthy
children do not miss school, they study and they build a new future for
their families.
