Funded by Katheryn Wasserman Davis' 100 Projects for Peace, The Samburu Project drilled and installed a shallow well equipped with a handpump in this community.

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Women used to walk 6 km to get water from the stream. There is now a well right in the community from which they may acquire clean, safe drinking water for their families. One community woman said she used to carry a 20-liter jerry can 6 km to fetch water. She said she felt sad and empty because she was going to walk a long time to fetch water. She left home at 10:20AM and she would return home at 3PM or 4PM. She would feed her family thereafter and then walk again to get more water so that she could build her home. Essentially she needed one round of water for her home and then a subsequent round for her family to consume.