Today George and I met with representatives of three NGO’s that work in the water sector in Kenya.

One of the most interesting was Herman Waiche from Forum for Development Programs in Africa (FODEPA).  Located in Bungamo, 450 KM from Nairobi, they operate strictly in the western part of Kenya that has a considerably greater amount of rainfall than the east. They do spring protection systems as well as HDW’s and are able to complete more than 50 projects per year.  Because of the amount of rainfall, water catchment systems are used in areas that are not appropriate for wells.  They also do a few boreholes in areas that have substantial bedrock, but these tend to be more expensive.

We also met Josephine Ekhuya of Kumea.  Her NGO operates predominately in the drier eastern region of Kenya, working mostly with boreholes. In addition, they do some HDW’s near river banks, allowing aquifers to recharge during the rainy seasons, as well as water catchment systems, specifically at schools. 

Both NGO’s have the capacity for a full range of community engagement, WASH training and operational sustainability.  Also at the meeting was Peter Okaka, a consultant who provides in-depth capacity building in WASH and direct programming support for NGO’s. He is very knowledgeable about WASH best practices and specific issues related to Kenya. All of the NGO’s shared with us examples of the kinds of proposals they have done in the past to seek funding for water projects.

 

Until later,

Dick Moeller

President of Water to Thrive

Today George and I met with representatives of three NGO’s that work in the water sector in Kenya.

One of the most interesting was Herman Waiche from Forum for Development Programs in Africa (FODEPA).  Located in Bungamo, 450 KM from Nairobi, they operate strictly in the western part of Kenya that has a considerably greater amount of rainfall than the east. They do spring protection systems as well as HDW’s and are able to complete more than 50 projects per year.  Because of the amount of rainfall, water catchment systems are used in areas that are not appropriate for wells.  They also do a few boreholes in areas that have substantial bedrock, but these tend to be more expensive.

We also met Josephine Ekhuya of Kumea.  Her NGO operates predominately in the drier eastern region of Kenya, working mostly with boreholes. In addition, they do some HDW’s near river banks, allowing aquifers to recharge during the rainy seasons, as well as water catchment systems, specifically at schools. 

Both NGO’s have the capacity for a full range of community engagement, WASH training and operational sustainability.  Also at the meeting was Peter Okaka, a consultant who provides in-depth capacity building in WASH and direct programming support for NGO’s. He is very knowledgeable about WASH best practices and specific issues related to Kenya. All of the NGO’s shared with us examples of the kinds of proposals they have done in the past to seek funding for water projects.

 

Until later,

Dick Moeller

President of Water to Thrive