Background
Traditional practices harmful to the health and lives of girls and women such as forced child marriage, teenage pregnancy and Female Genital Mutilation, hereafter FGM, still persist in Kenya.
In addition to this situation of extreme vulnerability suffered by the girls and women of the Tharaka community in Kenya, the poor hygiene conditions and lack of water they live with on a daily basis, combined with the current global pandemic, have devastating effects on one of the weakest health systems in the world.
Objectives
The project aims to ensure access to safe drinking water for the most vulnerable young people, especially girls between 9 and 16 years old who are at risk of FGM, through the construction of a water tank at Kangengya Primary School in Tharaka (Kenya) with a human rights approach.
The installation of this tank will help ensure a safe supply of drinking water, contributing to the eradication of numerous diseases caused by water quality and improving sanitation and hygiene conditions in the community.
Milestones
This project will directly benefit them:
380 students (184 girls and 196 boys) have access to a 10,000-liter tank, giving them access to safe, potable, quality water, improving their sanitation and hygiene conditions and reducing the risk of infection during the school day.
13 teachers at the Kagengya Primary School, 8 of whom are women, are benefiting from the improvement of the school's water supply through the installation of the tank, as well as the dissemination of prevention measures, reducing the risk of infection, mainly during their working day.
CONSTRUCTION END DATE
04/11/2022
PROJECT STATUS
Running
BUDGET
2.138,43€
PARTNER
FINANCER
COUNTERPART
