G-1594

Migori WASH in schools 2019

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Project Description

Region: Africa

Country: Kenya

Location: Migori

Total Budget: $63,700

Area of Focus: Water, sanitation and hygiene


This project will pursue Rotary One Star rating under the Rotary WASH in schools target challenge program. It has been designed with activities and monitoring to achieve that goal.

This project is located in Migori County, Kenya. The objective of this grant is to provide a permanent source of clean water, permanent latrines, WASH training and menstrual hygiene trainining to seven primary schools in the vicinity of Migori town. All of these schools currently have no source of clean water. They get their water from a polluted creek, often at considerable distance.

There are several parts to this project each school.

• a stable supply of clean water

• enough and suitable toilets

• reuseable sanitary pads for the girls along with menstrual management education,

• Water and Sanitation education for the teachers and students.

CLEAN WATER

This part of Kenya gets plenty of rain twice a year and the groundwater is often very deep. The most economical solutions to the water issue at the schools is either to collect rainwater from the iron roofs of the schools and store it in above ground tanks or to drill a shallow well where the groundwater is accessible. Schools will receive either, two 10,000 liter tanks or a 30 meter deep well with a hand pump. The rainwater is pure and clean. The groundwater is usually good and more plentiful. Where we drill a well, there is an opportunity for the school to raise funds by providing water to people in the area at a price.

TOILETS

For the last three projects, we have provided a two door, handicapped accessible pit latrine at each school. For this grant we plan on improving on that. With the help of the Gates foundation, the Global Sustainable Aid Project (GSAP) haa developed a micro flush toilet. This toilet uses the small amount of water from handwashing to flush the toilet and vermiculture (worms) to produce composted manure for the garden. This technology has been introduced to Kenya but not in this part of the country. We will engage the Kenya director of GSAP to train local tradesmen in how to construct and sell Micro flush toilets. They will then be contracted to build them for our schools and be able to have a small business building microflush toilets for residential and institutional use in the area.

These toilets have a built in handwash station as part of the construction. This encourages good hygiene. They are also handicapped accessible which removes the stigma of having a "special" toilet for students or teachers with mobility issues.

MENSTRUAL HYGIENE MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTION

The high dropout rate for girls as they move from primary to secondary school is a big issue in Kenya. One of the key ways to reduce this dropout rate is through education for menstrual hygiene management and distribution of sanitary pads.

We will be partnering with Beyond Water, a Kenya based NGO through their The Girl Project, to provide Menstrual and hygiene training at each school. The trainers are young local women who understand the local customs and conditions. They will train the teachers to teach the students and train all of the students with a half-day fun workshop. In partnership with the Tumia Tena Coop, they will distribute reusable sanitary pads and underwear to the girls who require them. The Tumia Tena Coop is a local group of women who, with a Rotary grant, have established a small business making the pads.

WATER & SANITATION EDUCATION

We will be partnering with Beyond Water, a Kenya based NGO through their The Girl Project. They will train the teachers to teach the students and all of the students with a half-day fun workshop. This will be for boys and girls. This will be combined with the menstrual hygiene training for the older girls.

Primary Host Partner

District: 9212

Rotary Club of: Suna Migori

Primary Contact: William Bobo

Email: boboojwando@gmail.com

Primary International Partner

District: 5280

Rotary Club of: Downtown Los Angeles

Primary Contact: Peter Lattey

Email: peter@peterlattey.com

Project Status

Completed
This project is "Completed". This means the project has been implemented and the report was accepted by The Rotary Foundation. The project will stay listed on this website as a testimony of the achievements of the project partners.

Project listed for the 2019-20 Rotary Year.

The TRF Grant application number is #1977797.

Proposed Financing

Existing Contributions Towards This Project

Date

Cash

DDF

Total

Downtown Los Angeles (5280)

26-Jul-18

$33,967

$5,000

$38,967

Suna Migori (9212)

26-Jul-18

$500

$1,000

$1,500

Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation

$17,233

$6,000

$23,233

Total

$63,700

Note: as of July 1, 2015 there is a 5% additional support fee for cash contributions. This fee does not appear in the financials above because it does not apply if the funds are sent directly to the project account (without going through TRF, and therefore without Paul Harris credit). Clubs sending their cash contribution to TRF must be aware they will have to send an additional 5%.

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History Log Entries

26-Jul-18

by Peter Lattey

System Entry: Creation of project page.

13-Mar-20

by Peter Lattey

System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged".

16-Jun-20

by Peter Lattey

System Entry: Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access.

16-Jun-20

by Peter Lattey

System Entry: Application approved by The Rotary Foundation.

16-Jun-20

by Peter Lattey

System Entry: Payment has been issued by The Rotary Foundation.

16-Jan-21

by Peter Lattey

Project has been funded by TRF and is 75% complete.

20-Mar-22

by Peter Lattey

System Entry: Final Report sent to The Rotary Foundation.

2-Jun-22

by Peter Lattey

System Entry: Final Report approved by The Rotary Foundation.

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