Provision of Clean Water at Schools in Klifi, Kenya

Connecting schools to the nearby mains water supply.

Turning on the water

A project in the Kilifi District of Kenya was completed at the end of 2012. With the advantage of an Eynsham Rotary Club member having lived in Kilifi for a number of years and the presence of a Rotary Club in Kilifi, a project for the provision of clean water to 5 schools in the district was identified for funding by the Rotary Club of Eynsham.

Although water tanks had been installed for all 5 of the schools, sourced from local funding, they were not connected to the nearby mains water supply due to a lack of further available funding. A lot of time was still being spent by the children carrying unclean water from sources some distance from the schools, and preparing it for use.

With £1,000 raised by The Rotary Club of Eynsham (increased to £1,500 at Rotary District level) and the local management of the project by members of the Rotary Club of Kilifi, the project to supply clean water to the 5 schools is now complete. Rotarians Pauline Lowe and Geoff Powell visited the schools over the New Year, 2013, and confirmed satisfactory completion of each of the 5 installations. For the comparatively low additional expenditure of £300 average for each school, clean, potable water has finally been made available to the schools and will improve the health and well-being of the 3,000 children attending these schools.

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Turning on the water

International Activities

back Eynsham Rotary Club has developed a close relationship with the Kilifi Rotary Club in Kenya and has successfully obtained significant Rotary Foundation Grants to enable the provision of water and sanitation facilities for primary schools in Kilifi, Kenya.