By By Mary Mutuku | Project Officer
This project report covers the period between October and December 2017. The project; provide safe and clean water for 1500 children and women is aimed at improving water supply to Mutulani community, in Makueni County.
In an interview with Ms Francisca Kimuyu, a Mutulani resident and a member of Mawe CBO, she had this to say about the project in the reporting period, “During this period, the area received the October-December rainfall however it was poorly distributed. The crops germinated, grew and never managed to produce because the rains stopped in the third week after the onset. This has made the water sources reduce the amount of water for the people and livestock this calls for the community to focus on the water harvesting techniques trained earlier to tap more water in the next rain season. Hopefully the County Government reported to have approved to equip our Borehole that was drilled by Poverty Eradication Network (PEN) through the support of GlobalGiving UK. It is our hope that things will move faster now that the electioneering period is over because the extended political period in the country has not been giving room for meaningful development to take place.
I am indebted to PEN and all our donors through GlobalGiving for the support to Mutulani community. This project has opened a lot of opportunities and brought more light that has held the community together and plan for development of our area”
The way forward
PEN is in the process of developing a new project focusing on sanitation within the two institutions now that water will be readily available after the borehole is completed
PEN is looking forward to undertaking the above once the pump is installed and water distributed to the schools and the community. PEN will also train the project management committee to oversee sustainability of the water project and initiate a WASH programme within the two schools. The initiative will include a water recharge system for the already sunk borehole and hygiene programme (hand washing, improving toilets and girl’s sanitation to improve health and keep the children in school towards improved academic performance
PEN and the Mutulani community are grateful to the commitment of our donors who have been tirelessly supporting this project. Many thanks and happy new year 2018
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