Provision of Clean Water at Schools in Klifi, Kenya

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.