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Beneficiaries
What is the P&G CSDW Program?
Africa initiative for Rural Development(AiRD) has over the last 5 years been an implementing partner of P&G CSDW Program in Kenya. Over the period and through the support received from P&G, AiRD has managed to provide over 80 Million liters of clean safe drinking water to over 160,000 children and community members across three counties in Kenya (Makueni, Kitui and Murang’a).
By providing the easy-to-use water purification packet, the target beneficiaries have benefitted from enhanced access to clean water, improved health especially among the children, reduced absence from school by pupils, saved water fetching time for girls and women and improved incomes (water fetching time now being spend on productive economic activities) among others.
Achievements
- Conducted introductory meetings to establish contacts and build trust with communities/households and or local leadership within the 3 wards – 30 meetings were held with 83 administrators and local leaders.
- Organized and Conducted 46 awareness/demonstration meetings in schools with a population of about 46,131 pupils and 1,303 teachers
- Additional awareness/demonstration meetings were held with women groups, PLWH and Community Volunteer Health Workers (CVHWs) – about 11,000 people to introduce the project and conduct demonstration on how to use and distribute the P&G water packets,
- Procured and distributed P&G 1,125,000 packets to schools and households for demonstration and initial product testing/use at home. Procured an additional 375,000 P&G water Packets for resale by vendors
- AiRD has been part of the Murang’a County Community Health Initiative that has been instrumental in conducting education on hygiene and sanitation within the communities with respect to COVID 19 and the mitigation guidelines set out by the government.
- Conducted follow up meetings with schools and communities to reinforce the behavior change messages/practices/ to re-emphasize the value of treating water with P&G packets
Next Phase
With a population of 50 million, 40 percent of Kenyans rely on unimproved water sources, such as ponds, shallow wells and rivers, while 70 percent of Kenyans lack access to basic sanitation solutions. These challenges are especially evident in rural areas and urban slums where people are often unable to connect to piped water infrastructure. In rural Kenya, the average total coping costs for an unreliable or distant water supply are approximately $38 per month.
In comparison, the average water bill of a typical household in Nairobi that is connected to a piped system is only $4.46 per month. This comparison highlights the economic burdens that often fall more heavily on unconnected rural population than on households with piped connections. However, there are many areas where piped water connections do not produce a reliable, constant flow of water. Thus, solutions like borehole wells and rainwater harvesting tanks are also needed in urban and peri-urban areas.
