Drinking water plant for Mukuyu Primary School
This is our first and successfully completed project at Mukuyu Primary School in Kitale, Kenya.
Mukuyu Primary is a full day school with about 700 children (boys and girls) aged 3 – 15 years. They are supervised and taught by 20 teachers. The existing pit latrines are far away from the classrooms so that the foul-smelling stench can be tolerated to some extent. The neighboring residents as well as stores also have to endure this smell. Currently, about 300 girls share one toilet in the school! This primary school does not have a water well, nor a storm water system. There is no water available in the school for drinking or hand washing. This happens only afterwards, when the children are back home. The school also has 90 kindergarteners who also rely on the pit toilet, which is a health hazard. They do get lunch at school, but it can only be cooked here in very modest conditions and circumstances. In addition, the children do not have a suitable dining room with seating and therefore have to eat outside on the floor.
Current progress:
We are happy to report that we have finished the construction of the first school toilets.
The on-site school toilet with a septic tank wastewater disposal system using a three-chamber system was successfully opened on September 11, 2018.
Ongoing Measures:
Cleanliness is actively practiced as part of hygiene education. Here, students receive ongoing training on how to use the school restrooms and “how” handwashing with soap becomes the norm.
The care and maintenance of the facilities is actively carried out by a local labor force and by students of the school.
Our next step in spring 2019
Our next step is the extension of the newly built sanitary facility with drinking water supply and the foundation of the Kids Club with the following tasks: Learning hygiene education in a playful way, inspiring the children for their own country, starting Christian children’s ministry.