Helping a Massai community with water facilities

Hello, my name is Florian and I'm currently volunteering for a Massai communal project in Kenya (300 people)

They have several projects to become autonomous and improve the way of life of the whole community, including a jewelry shop and  farming at a wide level. Money raised by these projects benefits people with school fees and food

But for these projects to be permanently implemented,  the community has to tackle the water issue.

The community indeed found a water source several years ago whoch isn't reliable nor protected. It can dry out in very sunny periods, or be polluted with mud in rainy days. The walls around the water source are also progressively falling down. And the animals are drinking the same water as humans use for cooking.

Thus, the project requires 1000 euros to instal 3 facilities  :

- firstly, a storage facility to enable the community to access clean water no matter the wheather conditions

- secondly, a protection cover and a pipeline to facilitate access to water (see red line on the pictures)

This project will have big impact on the whole community and expected improvements are several :

- Sanitation

- Time : local women have to walk up to 2h to get to the closest water source. Time spared can be used to other profitable projects (beadworking, agriculture)

- Agriculture : the community has already protected some lands for farming but it requires a regular quantity of water

As you can understand, 1000 euros are enough for the community to implement profitable projects afterwards (beadworking, agriculture). They want to be autonomous, but today thinking of day to day water issues hinders the community to implement bigger projects

I hope this project touched you and that you will help us

Thank you

Florian