Providing access to safe and clean water in Aagis Village, Turkana West: Success Story
Water is a fundamental human right, yet, most communities in Turkana West lack access to water.
LWF Sustainable Livelihood program recognises that water is essential in agricultural production, nutrition and human health. Therefore, LWF aims at improving family and community health and productivity by providing access to a safe water supply.
Lokiding Lomorue, 10, lives in Aagis village, Kakuma-Kenya. Every day, she walked long distances under the scorching sun just to draw clean water for her family’s domestic use.
“We use water to clean, prepare food and bathe. We had to minimize the use of water because of the long-distance we walked to fetch water” she says.
With support from partners, LWF constructed a borehole in Aagis Village to assist in the sustainability of water supply and hygienic sanitation across the village.
This initiative ensured all households have improved access to safe water preventing potential public health risks caused by contaminated water.
The piping of water to central points has by far reduced the distance covered by the community members to access clean water from 10 km to an estimate of 1.8km.
Lokiding’ now has access to safe and adequate water just 1km away from her home.
She says, “I am happy because water has been piped close to my home making it easy to get enough for all the household chores”.
Currently, 99 households of 546 persons have access to clean water in Aagis village, Turkana West.
Working closely with the community, LWF Sustainable Livelihood program is committed to supporting sustainable community-development projects such as the water system.
Photos and story by Denise Akun/ LWF
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