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MILLENIUM WATER

PROGRAM-KENYA (MWP-K)

“Sustainable WASH Services: Learning from the Field.”

MEETING HELD AT HERON COURT HOTEL NAIROBI

April 8th 2012 Presentation By: Alexon Mwasi-Programme Manager,

World Vision Kenya -Mtito Andei Site.

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• Increasing the level of access to sustainable, safe water and sanitation

services for the poor and vulnerable community.

• Decreasing the prevalence of water and sanitation-related diseases in

the community.

• Promoting integrated water resources management at the local level

with a focus on maintaining the quantity and quality of drinking water

• Developing an efficient, effective and replicable partnership model for

service delivery and advocacy

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Multiple Use of Water

Services (MUS):

Links to Livelihoods

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Through the MWA-USAID funding, World Vision has

improved access to safe water to about 30, 000 people

(including women and children) in Mtito Andei Division,

Kibwezi District, Makueni County, Eastern Province in

Kenya.

This has been achieved through 35km pipeline

extensions, six 50m³ water storage tanks, seven 100m³

water storage tanks, 15 water Kiosks (selling points) and

two cattle troughs.

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The water projects extensions to the community,

have enhanced promotion of multiple uses of the

water to include domestic purposes, livestock

purposes, kitchen gardening, and environmental

conservation.

Water has been linked to food security through

small kitchen gardens at household level, micro

irrigation (drip) and environmental conservation

through establishment of tree nurseries and

planting of trees in schools, catchment areas and

community.

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Below are some of the

case scenarios before

project interventions

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Water sources

used in the

community where

there are no safe

water points.

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Congestion at water

points hence time

wastage Girls not

attending school

regularly ,long

distance

Children in schools with their

containers for carrying water

& teacher assessing quality of

water brought by a child to

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Multiple Uses of water linked to

Food Security ,income generating

activities, hygiene and

environmental conservation

within Mtito Andei community

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Green house farming at

Nthunguni Ivoleni WP

producing healthy tomatoes

thus income for the project

&improved nutrition.

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Vegetable farming at

communal water points

using drip irrigation.

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Water used for hand washing in

school and at home and cleaning of

latrines. Water from hand washing

unit at the school support growth of

the trees

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Water uses for

drinking in

schools, domestic,

livestock and

poultry farming.

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Fish farming

courtesy of

Water access at

one of the

project sites!

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Improved

nutrition with

water

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Environmental

conservation

initiatives

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Produce from vegetable farming

On sale hence income generation

for the rural women in Mtito Andei.

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Agricultural

activities

Clean man is respected/ can

be in position to influence

others/Hygiene

Income

Educate his

family and

children happy in

schools

No need to look for

job/slum/family stays

together

Reduces

chances of

contradicting

HIV/AIDS

Improved health –

nutritious food and

clean drinking

water & Hand

washing ,thus

hygienic practices

Improved STD

of living

ACCESS TO WATER

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When a billion people in the world already

live in chronic hunger and water resources

are under pressure we cannot pretend the

problem is ‘elsewhere’. At all steps of the

supply chain, from producers to consumers,

actions can be taken to save water and

ensure food for all.

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