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P&G Clean Safe Drinking Water Project

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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

The programme combines household water purification using P&G water-treatment sachets with solar-powered borehole infrastructure.

About This Project

In partnership with Procter & Gamble (P&G), AiRD implements a two-track approach to safe water in Kenya: school and household water purification using P&G Purifier of Water materials, and solar-powered borehole systems that deliver piped safe water to rural communities.

Objectives

  • Improve access to clean, safe drinking water in rural and vulnerable communities.
  • Promote household hygiene practices and community livelihoods.
  • Reduce waterborne disease, particularly among school-going children
  • Provided clean safe water to 6,000 households through drilling of solar powered boreholes.

Key Activities

  • Procurement and distribution of P&G water purification materials.
  • Water treatment demonstrations in schools and households
  • Drilling, piping and distribution of solar-powered borehole water
  • Hygiene promotion and community water governance.

Locations

  • Murang'a
  • Makueni

Reported Impact

  • Over 300 million litres of clean, safe water provided.
  • 100,000 households reached through P&G sachets
  • 6,000 households — approximately 36,000 people — reached through solar-powered boreholes

Partners

Procter & Gamble, Water Mission

Africa Initiative for Rural Development (AiRD) works with communities and partners to improve social well-being, strengthen livelihoods and create sustainable opportunities

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