Project #:
KC25-P019
Project Type:
Pump Repair Project
Project Date:
2024-07-15
The People of
Ilenyi
Mwingi Central, Kenya
are thankful for the generous support of
Jennifer Takyi
(Edmonton, AB)
Quita Holm
(Canada)
Vincent Zalzal
(Canada)
for helping rehabilitate their broken handpump and reestablish their access to safe water
Latitude: -0.87378, Longitude: 38.06789
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A message from the community
On behalf of Ilenyi community, we wish to say a big thank you for the repair of our broken hand pump and for giving us another chance to have access to clean and safe drinking water. We are so blessed by your support. ---Community Leaders
Some community details (provided by our in-country partners)
Ilenyi community in Mwingi’s Kivou ward has a well that supplies clean and safe drinking and washing water to more than 300 residents. But for years, the residents were forced to collect water from the well in a manner that contaminated the well’s water, after the well’s hand pump stopped. Either that or they were forced to walk for several kilometers to the nearby dry riverbed to collect water from the wells. Thankfully, Lifewater Canada and Lifewater RESCUE Kenya visited the village and repaired the broken hand pump, so clean and safe drinking and washing water is now flowing in Ilenyi community.
Ilenyi community old water source
Community well
Work in progress
