Funded by Jacky Falkenberg's Walk for Water, The Samburu Project will drill and install a shallow well equipped with a handpump in the Sionta Community.
Narrative
This community has no water within their reach. They currently travel 8 km to get water. A well in Sionta will drastically reduce the time women spend in search of water. It will reduce the incidence of waterborne diseases and give women enough time for other productive business.
This community is particularly interested in starting a horticultural project as soon as the well is drilled and equipped. Lucas found the community to be incredibly cooperative, organized with an existing merry go round scheme for loans and ambitious.
Six sites were surveyed before Kariuki found a viable well site.
Sustainability
Creating and measuring long-term impact
A well committee has been created and roles have been established. Once the well has been successfully drilled, the well committee will establish a fund for the well. Every household will contribute an agreed upon amount of money monthly towards well maintenance and management.
Impact
People Impacted: 790
People Getting Safe Drinking Water: 790
107 households @ 5 people per house
255 students from Sionta Primary
Data Source: Community Elders & Local Government
School Children Getting Water: 340
Sionta Primary School - 340 students
Approximately 25% of the students come from the Sionta Community, the rest are boarders from other communities.
This raises the population of people getting water and other resources by 255 during school.
People Getting Sanitation: 790
Improved sanitation is an ancillary benefit of community water availability.
People Getting Other Benefits: 535
Water is the foundation from which all things grow. The expectation is that this community will receive many benefits beyond access to clean, safe drinking water.
