Thursday, January 26, 2012

During Spring check came across another Rotary water project

Just back from a spring check up.  It was about 4 hours of walking (short video here), the springs are getting close to completion, but the fundis say they need more money.  So far we have only paid about 30% up front (21,000Ksh or $258).  The unskilled workers get $3 per day and have not received full pay yet.  I will update the Rotary club at our meeting tonight.











As we walked by a school Jackson mentioned that Rotary had done a water project there.  They had built a borehole pump and plumbed the roofs with water catchment pipes and tanks. This looks very similar to a proposed project that I am looking into in Navaisha (7 hrs away) for the Rotary Club of Campbell River Daybreak.  This is a VERY low income school.  The tanks are dry (no rain in a long time), but the borehole still provides water.  The head teacher was dying for us to stay and talk to teachers and students, but we had to keep going.  They think RC Kakamega was behind the water project, I will find out tonight. Here's a 2" video of school.

Amongst the kids is a water pump. In behind you can see the black water tanks and pipes coming off the roofs


Rotary rain catcher tanks and plumbing at a very poor school in the boonies- note kids do not have uniforms, very rare.  Good national results at Elufwahfwah Community School. 220 kids.


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