lwsc 2015 annual report

Annual Review 2015

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LIVING WATER SERVICE CENTREAbout Us

Living Water Service Centre (LWSC) exists

to demonstrate the love of God by helping

communities acquire desperately needed

clean water, and to experience “living wa-

ter”—the gospel of Jesus Christ—which alone

satisfies the deepest thirst.

(LWSC) is the Living Water International

affiliate (branch) in Kenya.

Our Vision

Making Jesus Christ known through safe

water

Our Values

• We honor God

• We develop People

• We pursue excellence

• We are Good Stewards

Editorial TeamPublisher: Jacktone Akelo, Country Director, Living Water Service Centre.

Content contributors:

Carolyne Magodo, Daniel Githanji, Patrick Mutinda, Austin Oyula, Phyllis

Kaptuiya, Samuel Munywoki, Samuel Kirika, Maitabel Okumu and Lucy

Goro.

Technical and editorial support for this publication has been provided

by Living Water Kenya team under the leadership of Carolyne Magodo,

Communications & Public Relations Officer.

Design and layout :

Infomark TC Ltd, [email protected], Tel +254 721 675 741

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Water for Life in Jesus’ Name

Living Water Service Centre (LWSC) is

dedicated upon:

• Improving access to safe water

• Developing communities’ water

sanitation and hygiene practices

• Church mobilization and gospel

proclamation

(CM & GP)

• Capacity building for effective

management and use of water

resources after project completion

(sustainability)

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Water Access

Hygiene and Sanitation

Church Mobilization and Gospel

Proclamation

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CONTENTSWord from the Country Director..................................1

Church Mobilization & Gospel Proclamation.......2

Seek Ye First...................................................................3

Water Supply...............................................................4

2015 in Summary.........................................................5

Ebwambi Well Rehabilitated..................................6

Renewed Hope fo Abandoned Children...........8

World Water Day: Kasule.........................................12

From scarcity to abundance...................................14

Hygiene and Sanitation............................................17

Achako and Ogwedhi ODF Stories......................18

Celebrating ODF Villages......................................21

Interactive training fosters behavioral change....23

Community Engagement.......................................28

Financial Report 2015..................................................29

LWSC Board Members................................................31

LWSC Senior Management Team.............................32

Partnerships..........................................................33

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Country Director’s Message

We say Ebenezer. The year 2015 marked the end of the Living Water Service Centre (LWSC)

strategic plan for 2013-15. It, as well, provided an opportunity to envision 2016-2021 that aligns with the Living Water International (LWI). We celebrate that we demonstrated the love of God by helping communities acquire desperately needed clean water, and their experience of the “living water” – the gospel of Jesus Christ.

We learnt that sustainability of projects was fostered through communication with and involvement of communities in project areas. Community engagement allowed the identification of communities’ felt needs and appropriate water, hygiene and sanitation solutions. Such engagements and consultation that allows incorporation of the community members’ views and suggestions enhance their ownership of the interventions and completed projects. During the year 2015, 26 memorandums of understanding were signed with communities; management teams from 67 water points were trained on operations and maintenance of such facilities; and 36 service visits were conducted to water points that had been completed in previous years to ascertain their functionality.

In effort to experience the “living water” of Jesus Christ, we celebrate reaching to adults and school children with the Jesus Film; conducted Orality Training to church

leaders. In appreciation to the Kenya Prison Services, we celebrate the permission given to reach out to the inmates at the Kisumu Main Prison and Kisumu Women Prison with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Through action, showed the love of God through the provision of safe water and promotion of hygiene and sanitation.

We supported 16,250 community members gain access potable water within a 30-minute round trip. We drilled 21 boreholes, repaired 27 boreholes that had broken down to function, and protected 3 springs. We maintained our operational focus in Butere and Kisumu East WaSH Program Areas through direct interventions as well as Sabatia Sub-Country through our partner organization, Serve International. Other geographical locations included Siaya, Kisii and Makueni Counties. Schools, health facilities, religious institutions and other community points remained our key areas of siting water points.

In effort towards behavioral practice change, about 9,000 community members were trained on appropriate hygiene and sanitation practices. These were geared towards breaking of disease transmission and proper disposal of waste and garbage. The hygiene promotion was undertaken through the participatory and interactive approaches. Using the PHAST approach, 53 health and hygiene promotion activities were undertaken in community institutions such as

schools, health centers. As well, formations of 9 health clubs were facilitated in schools to champion appropriate hygiene and sanitation practices. During the same period, 5 villages were celebrated as being open-defecation-free (ODF) after going through pre-triggering, triggering, verification and third-party certification, using the community-led total sanitation (CLTS) approach.

It is with great gratitude that we appreciate all the community members who accepted us to walk along with them. We thank different Government levels (Central and County Government) officials with whom we worked together; and the donors who sacrificed to facilitate every effort. The LWI members at Headquarters, Regional and my colleagues in as well as Board members for Kenya office made great contributions of great giving. All the glory is for God.

Jacktone Akelo, Country Director

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Our conviction is that our work should demonstrate and proclaim the gospel — water and living water. Hence, as

we mobilizing churches and communities and implement Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) programs, sharing the “Living Water” is a core aspect of our work. Sharing with communities about God and his great love for mankind creates an opportunity for some to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. We present the gospel mainly through Jesus film shows and contextual orality training for church leaders.

In 2015, we diversified approaches to missions with an intention of reaching more and more persons for Christ within the two WPAs and beyond.

• Our major ministries were Jesus film and orality training. Other minor ministries include Ground breaking services and one off preaching occasions. As we showed the love of Christ by providing water to needy communities our Word ministry got good reception in different parts.

• It is in October 2015 that Kenya and indeed Africa hosted the very first Theological Education and Practitioners consultation workshop at Daystar University. International

Orality network partnered with Daystar University and Living water Africa region to host this memorable event.

• The acquisition of permit to do ministry in Prison has been a desire that took more than a year to realize. In early November by God’s grace we were issued with a non-renewable permit. Consequently, we have done ministry in three occasions in Kodiaga main and women prisons.

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Sharing with communities

about God and his great love for

mankind creates an opportunity

for some to have a personal

relationship with Jesus Christ.‘

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SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD…all these things shall be added unto you!

Many of us know the tittle of this story from the book of Mathew 6:33 in the Bible. Such is the testimony of

Ematiri community in Butere WPA. The community has grown from a state of lack to abundance due to their faith in God along with actions.

The community members of Ematiri Village were almost accustomed to a life of lack before God changed their story by connecting them to Living Water through an Orality training. A group of 10 people from Ematiri village got together to attend an orality in a neighbouring village kilometres away. Their main aim was to listen to the word of God and learn some biblical stories to share with their friends and family. As they attended the training, little, did they know that through their thirst for the word of God, they could also attain their physical needs in this respect a sustainable source of safe water for their use.

Ematiri villagers had a well in their community that was done in 1992. After a few years of use, the well broke down and due to lack of funds for repair it remained in that state till it was vandalized. Thereafter, the community that was used to a nearby water source had to look for alternative sources that were far and unsafe for

consumption. However, when life puts one on such a position, they just have to play along and use what is available and ever since, Ematiri villagers walked over 7kilometres to fetch water from their nearest river.

It was a hard transition and lifestyles had to change, however God answered their prayers. While the group from Ematiri learnt of Living Water’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) interventions they were super excited. After the training, they engaged the Pastor on the story of their WaSH problem in their village. However, they hardly thought anything much may amount from the conversation.

A few weeks later, the group mobilized the village church members for the Living Water Pastor to take them through an orality training. They were very accommodative and enjoyed learning and sharing the biblical stories. The joy of their salvation was evident, and since more villagers shared of their water problem the pastor referred the issue to management which considered Ematiri village for rehabilitation. Consequently, a survey was done by the engineers and a month later the well assessment, cleaning and installation of a new hand pump was done.

Nothing can describe the amount of joy that bestowed the villagers. “Due to old age and my back problem, I can hardly walk a kilometre. I used to wait for my grandchildren to come from school, for me to get water for use. They were often tired but we had no other source of water, they had to go about 3 rounds for us to have enough water at the house for use….Now that we have this well rehabilitated, I no longer task my grandchildren to fetch me water. I fetch water by myself as the well is a few metres from our house. Now my grandchildren have more time to play and study! ” said a happy elderly woman from the village.

Today, Ematiri village has their well restored and obtained not only spiritual but also physical water. A total of 130 persons and three Trainers of Trainers (ToTs) have been trained in the area. They have fenced the well site and collect minimal fees when villagers fetch water so that they can repair the well in case of a break down. At Living Water we are grateful that through the various donations of our sponsors we allowed Ematiri Village experience God’s Abundance - praise be to God!

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Summary 2015 marked the end of LWSC 2013-2015 strategy.

Water Supply The end year 2015 marked the 4th year that LWSC had community WaSH interventions in the WaSH Program Areas (WPAs) of Kisumu East and Butere.

• 16,250 people gained access to nearby clean water measured as persons within reach of potable water in 30 minutes round trip therein:

o 11,000 people with newly constructed water points and about

o 5,250 with rehabilitated water points, making a total of 16,250 people in the rural Kenya.

2015 in Summary

Boreholes 64%

Hand dug wells 29%

Springs 7%

Others 0%

Butere 32%

Schools 50%

Other Community Points (Organised Groups) 30%

Churches 13%

Health Centres 7%

Outside WPAs 18%

Sabatia 30% Kisumu East 20%

WATER SUPPLY ANALYSIS

Intervention Types

Intervention Areas

Number of water points in each area

Chart 1: shows the portions of

technology types for all of 2015

water projects

Chart 2: the total number of water

points as analyzed for each opera-

tional area

Chart 3: Number of

Community water points based

on the community institutions

intervened.

From the charts above it is noted that;• LWSC moved to less reliance on boreholes as primary/default

source of water supply and focusing on springs, existing safe hand dug wells among other alternatives.

• The WPAs (including Sabatia for SEMREP) account for over 80% of our interventions.

• Schools and community groups still remain the largest working groups that LWSC has engaged in water supply in 2015.


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PERSISTENCE PAYS

Community members of Ebwambi in Emuleche Sub-location in Butere WPA had

almost lost hope after writing bunches of proposals over a period of five years to various organizations. They had exhausted their list with their requests addressed to public and private organizations and individuals requesting for rehabilitation of their productive water point. Ebwambi community depended entirely on a single hand dug well installed with a pulley to draw water. This was labour intensive especially for elderly persons and children who had to seek assistance in order to access water.

However, the area’s Assistant Chief, Rashid Kweyu, has a vision for his location and still kept writing and hoping one day his constituent’s water source could be rehabilitated. After all he was the leader and carried a vision for his community, amongst the bunch of proposals dispatched, one happened to be addressed to Living Water Service Centre. Sometime in quarter one of 2015, Living Water staffs assessed the water point for which was later considered viable for rehabilitation.

When Living Water shared the news with Rashid Kweyu that the water point would be rehabilitated, he was overwhelmed with joy and disbelief. At last his vision for his

location could be realized, reduced stress and labor for the elderly and children. He only fully believed when Living Water staffs arrived at the water point with equipment and tools for rehabilitation, “God has finally answered our prayers,” he exclaimed in jubilation. The well rehabilitation began. However, construction period took long after it collapsed as a result of heavy rains experienced in the area. Community members came with assistance in flushing to remove debris that fell into the well. The well was then cleaned, sanitized and equipped with a hand pump.

Ebwambi Community now has easy access to plenty clean safe water courtesy of Living Water Service Centre. Improved access to safe

water supplies has had beneficial effects especially for women and girls, who enjoy time savings and a reduced work load as a result. In addition, increased awareness in the community on the necessity of accessing safe drinking water is evident. Community engagement allowed us to realize another challenge the community faced of jigger infestation, however through the Hygiene and Sanitation trainings and clean water there is evident improvement in hygiene standards.

We rejoice with Ebwambi community as they enjoy their rehabilitated water point with ease and reduced labor. To God is the Glory!

Ebwambi Well before rehabilitation

Story by Kaptuiya Phyllis, Butere WPA project.

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Ebwambi Well after Rehabilitation

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God has finally

answered our

prayers

- Rashid Kweyu, Emuleche Sub-location

Assistant Chief

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GOD’S TIMING IS THE BESTRenewed hope for abandoned children

Each time a child cries, they hope to be cuddled, fed and to be assured through attention that everything is

alright. Unfortunately, not every child has someone who can hold them, or grant them the desired attention. Such is the story of the abandoned children rescued and now catered for at the Haven of Hope

Children’s Center. Since 2009 the Center has rescued abandoned children and extremely needy children aged between 0-3 years, giving them the necessary love and care a normal child ought to receive. Haven of Hope is located in Kiamunyi area in Nakuru

County. One of the most known things at the mention of Kiamunyi is the lack of water access by the inhabitants of the area. While around the area you will meet many women, children and donkeys with jerricans in search of water.

Due to the location of the Children’s Center, they have also suffered as a result of lack of a safe nearby water source. The Center suffered with inadequate water for preparing meals; cleaning the children, their rooms and clothes; as a result the children couldn’t get proper care and attention. The staffs taking care of the children had to think each day on how to get a nearby safe sustainable source of water. The head of Haven of Hope started talking to friends and churches on how they could help provide a water source for the children and Houston’s First Baptist Church agreed to help raise funds for the worthy cause.

Once the funds were raised Living Water International was approached to implement the project through its affiliate in Kenya called Living Water Service Centre. A renewed hope rejuvenated in the community of Kiamunyi when they saw a drill rig entering and setting up for drilling at Haven of Hope Children’s Center. Finally, their dream of getting a sustainable water source could come to life, so they thought!

However, that was the beginning of new hurdles. The first visit to the centre was

A Center staff and a rescued baby

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made in May 2013. It was followed by surveys, documentations and permits; the actual drilling began in January 2014. Upon drilling on the recommended site by the hydrogeological survey which had recommended a maximum a depth of 250metres, water was not discovered upon reaching 250m. The drillers decided to keep drilling and at 254m, Alas! Water was discovered, cased and completed. “Finally we have found a safe sustainable source of water”, the staffs at Haven of Hope exclaimed. However upon lowering a pump for testing the water quantity, the was none-zero water. So the team battled with questions like, is it a dry well and where did the earlier discovered water go? What are the options at hand?

After much thought and discussions on the way forward, Living Water looked into two options; of either equipping the rain water collection system with more reservoirs or deepening the well. On well deepening, the hydro geologist failed to commit if there was a possibility to get water, however this option was explored in April, 2014 just by faith. On drilling an extra 40m there werer technical and environmental challenges. The technical challenge was that the borehole was already cased and there was no way to pull out the 6 inch diameter casings, so as to insert the 8.5” diameter drill bit to extend the hole. The drilling team needed a 5.75” diameter drill bit which can go through the casings and drill the extra metreage. This bit was rare to find and it took 3 months to secure one locally. The environmental challenge was that upon drilling there was celebrations for discovery of water,

however the water was hot! Yes, hot water at 55 degrees centigrade on the surface. Deep in the ground was estimated at about 65 degrees. “How do we test and eventually get water out?, is the water fit for human consumption? ” the drilling team questioned.

However, because water was discovered as a step of faith, they drillers decided to proceed further by lowering 2 submersible pumps at different times after drilling to take water discharge tests. Guess what? Their motors burnt out in less than 2 hours. The drillers discovered we could not carry out a discharge well test with a normal pump motor. They therefore looked for a special pump motor to work in such conditions which was not available in Kenya. In considering importing, it would have taken 2 months for delivery from Denmark and no local supplier committed to help in the process. Discussions with the then one main supplier failed at the last moments due to show of unreliability, wasting about 2 months of discussions.

Eventually discussions on a de-rated pump motor were made with Davis and Shirtliff, who have used a similar pump in similar conditions. Derated pump provides for an oversized motor to run the pump in such a way that the motor does not work at its optimum and therefore does not overheat. This was what was installed eventually. All surface work depended on borehole pump installation, because only then could there be surety that the water is sufficient. This costed a lot of time delay of over 8 months. During this duration the children at the Haven of Hope Center continued to suffer due to

inadequate and lack of a safe sustainable water source.

God oversaw the entire drilling process and gave the donor, Living Water and the children at the Center patience. The donors despite the many mishaps in the drilling process were understanding and supportive. Despite the many discouraging challenges and comments from the water industry practitioners, the drilling team believed that there was light at the end of the tunnel. Some water practitioners had indicated that they would have already abandoned such a borehole and explore other options as it had too many complications. Infact the local water office even advised against, drilling deeper fearing the quality of water.

Early 2015, all surface work were done and a water kiosk constructed to allow community members access safe water from the Center. After a long wait, the children at the Center were assured of a sustainable water source. This in itself was a miracle! As the name goes by Haven of Hope- the experience of providing a sustainable water source rekindled the hope of Living Water Kenya staffs. It was an assurance that where God leads, he provides the necessary resources e.g. strength, patieince, finances and solutions.

To Trena Ivy from His Cherished Ones and Living Water Kenya Country Director - Jacktone Akelo, thank you for your unimaginable faith, for urging the drilling team to keep trying. It was a good lesson that at times, science results can sometimes


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fail (hydrogeologial survey) but God is all knowing and he cares about his people. The greatest lesson was that God’s timing is Always the Best! Be encouraged that whatever dream and assignment God has placed in you and for you, shall come to pass at his designated time. The water project was commissioned on 11th June, 2015 at a gathering inclusive of the children, staffs, surrounding community and the Donors. Praise be to God!

Water Kiosk and tank tower at the Center

Uunveiling of the water kiosk plaque

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Inset, far left: First Baptist Church

Pastor at project commissioning.

Inset, left: Community members

accessing water at the kiosk.

Below: Community members rejoicing at

water project commisioning.

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Kasule Community Bible Church is located within Kisumu East WPA in Kisumu County, Winam Division,

Kolwa Central location, in Kasule Village. The church has a membership of 170 faithfuls with children and women making up the larger part of this congregation. The church serves as a spiritual nourishment center mainly for the local community of approximately 3,000 residents.

According to initial assessments done at Kasule in August 2014, it emerged that the community relied on piped water supplied by the Kisumu Water and Sewerage Company (KIWASCO) with a nearest collection point (1 tap) at 100m away. Even though it was a permanent source of water for the community users, it was however unreliable because it was pumped on weekly rationed intervals and the bourgeoning numbers of community dependents always made some people go without collecting water, moreover, going by the economic capability of the local residents - mainly families living on hand to mouth based odd jobs, the cost of water per 20 liter jerrican was often high for the low income earners to afford adequate water for the family consumption. The alternative water sources for the Kasule community are private hand dug shallow wells which are seasonal - often dry in hot seasons of the year; whereas River Kibos situated 1.5 km away is highly polluted with industrial

refuse from Kibos sugar factory which is also contaminating the local environmen. These challenges further worsens access to clean safe and affordable water for Kasule community.

The study also revealed that despite scarcity of clean safe water, the local community also had sanitation and hygiene challenges, hardly did the families treat water for domestic consumption, therefore reports on diarrheal diseases were rampant, latrine coverage was also marginal with most households sharing pit latrines (often shallowly sunk and full). Open defecation was also rampant in children as it was reported while hand-washing after “OD” was unheard of.

The need for LWSC community intervention was therefore necessary and it was recommended that a borehole be sunk with support from LWSC Kisumu East WPA at Kasule Community Bible Church. The new water source would enable and broaden access to clean, safe and affordable water by the entire community, increase gospel proclamation, hygiene and sanitation trainings and follow up visits to accelerate community behavior change. After multiple discussions with the church leadership, LWSC sunk a 182-feet borehole, equipped with a submersible pump and a water kiosk for community friendly access.

On 22nd march 2015 different organizations and global institutions joined hands in different corners of the globe to

commemorate the world water day, with the theme of Water and Sustainable Development which aimed at linking water to all needy areas and considering establishing a water sufficient population through improved sustainable access. LWSC Kisumu East WPA congregated with the community and believers at Kasule community Bible church, the aim was to review the strides made in making clean safe water available to within reach of every person. Above all, it was a commissioning for the Kasule community bible church water project.

The community was able to share their joy and experiences since the establishment of the borehole with a complete water kiosk. During the commissioning event, the local Pastor Mr. Samson Akhaya said, “As a result of the water project implemented by Living Water, the cases of poor hygiene and sanitation

have reduced. Most families are now able to access water enough for their family consumption while time spent to collect water by the local households has also been reduced. This in turn has greatly impacted on school attendance where school going children are able to stay in school for the normal school hours; water is now cheaply available for all!”

The ceremony was attended by the LWSC Kisumu WPA team, the Kisumu County Government Water Officer and hosted by

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Kasule community bible church pastor Samson Akhaya on behalf of the community.

According to the Operations Manager LWSC Kisumu WPA, Mr. Daniel Githanji, the borehole was the pioneer to be done with the newly acquired LWSC rig with the support of Cypress Creek and Paper for Water through the LWI. The Operations Manager urged the community to ensure that the water is managed sustainably and

maintain cooperation with the both government and LWSC, to ensure smooth running of the project. He congratulated the Kasule community for partaking of and ensuring the success of the water project.

The County NGO Network Coordinator, Mr. George Owiti, attended the function on behalf of the County Government. He emphasized the need for concerted efforts for environmental

sustainability and enabling access to clean water as a basic human right as provided in the Kenyan constitution and other global development frameworks. He pledged government support to the community to help make water more affordable to other populations in the community. He also challenged the project beneficiaries to maintain cooperation for effectiveness and sustainability.

The water commissioning succeeded by the signing and handing over the certificate to Pastor Samson Akhaya who in turn thanked all partners for ensuring the Kasule community received clean safe water. The community also had good light moments to express their joy at the water kiosk afterwards.

Story by Collins Omondi, Kisumu East WPA

Above: Jovial Kids and some staff by the Water

Kiosk.

Kasule Church Community gathers in commissioning the project.

A fresh start for Kasule Bible Church

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FROM SCARCITY TO ABUNDANCE

Out of the witness of turmoil, drug abuse, disease and increasing levels of poverty, Garments of Praise

Foundation Ministries (GPFM) was founded and has worked in Katwanyaaa village in Kagundo, Machakos County for several years now supporting the community in tailoring, drug rehabilitation , football tournaments , training for church pastors among other activities. While working with the Katwanyaa community, GPFM realized a great need for a nearby source of clean water as the

community was struggling in accessing safe water.

The community relied on very low flow springs and seasonal river for water and would often scramble for fetching spots sometimes ending in violence. Some testimonies for residents revealed how tiring and time consuming this was, waiting for water for over four hours at times in the queue

especially in the mornings

The hygiene and sanitation standards were poor as people spent most of their time in long queues waiting for water and would utilize that water as minimally as possible. Hence, such things as showering, and or cleaning would be done scarcely.

In 2014 Joseph Ilowee of Garments

Katwanya community lining up for water. Above:A child struggling into a drying spring hole to fetch water,

Katwanyaa Outside WPA.

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of Praise Foundation Ministries (GPFM) and the Katwanyaaa community representatives decided they have to do something to solve the water dilemma. They rallied various people and institutions and eventually found the financial resources to implement a water project. In September 2014, the group visited Living Water Service Centre (LWSC) seeking a partnership of the two organizations. They specifically wanted LWSC partnering with GPFM to bring water, train on hygiene, sanitation, operations & maintenance and orality activities.

Several months later there was a sigh of relief in the community members as over 2,000 people in Katwanyaa have a sustainable access to safe water after Living Water drilled a borehole installed with an electric pump to supply two water kiosks. Struggling into spring holes or extremely long queues is now a thing of the past. The thirst for water and the Word of God was real, as during the church engagement meetings conducted by Living Water, a Pastors fellowship was also formed.

Now Katwanyaa not only has safe water to enjoy but also a united pastors’ fellowship to enhance evangelism. The joy of Katwanyaa community now is water at their convenience, though the demand is still very big. The borehole laws drilled 176m deep and encountered two aquifers with low but consistent flows. These two have been harnessed to pump water into a tank that then distributes to the two community water kiosks about 1.5km apart.

A line at the constructed water

kiosk.

Thrilled GPFM (Project donors).

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In advancing behavioral practices relating to breaking of disease transmission and proper disposal of human excreta, refuse

and garbage, Living Water conducts Hygiene and Sanitation promotion. The promotion is often most effective when undertaken in a participatory or interactive way.

• About 9000 people were trained on appropriate hygiene and sanitation

behaviors.

Hygiene• Conducted 53 health and hygiene

promotion activities using PHAST approach, the activities were carried out in Communities, Institutional and health facility both inside and outside WPAs the training entails the following topics.

o Introduction to germs

o Identifying the disease pathways

o Blocking disease transmission pathways

o Water transportation, treatment and storage

o Handwashing and use of tippy tap

o Worms and parasite

o Use of Oral rehydration solution and Nutrition

o Safe waste disposal

• Facilitated the formation of 9 health clubs in schools to champion appropriate hygiene and sanitation

practices and standards in schools.

Sanitation Promotion Sanitation promotion was carried out using Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach, it encouraged innovation, commitment within the communities ,motivating them to build their own sanitation facilities using locally available materials, the approach involve the following activities :-

• Pre-triggering

• Triggering

• Post-triggering (follow-up, verification and certification)

• ODF celebration

Awareness and momentum from the triggering translate into action plan for making the community Open defecation free (ODF).

• 5 villages certified as Open Defecation Free (ODF)

o 2 villages in Kisumu East WPA

o 3 villages in Butere WPA


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Breakthrough for Achako and Ogwedhi Living the Open Defecation Free Dream!

Exceptional high cases of the reported patients and deaths of cholera and diarrhea in Kenya have been

linked to poor sanitation and improper water handling practices for which open defecation is highlighted as a leading cause. According to the World Bank desk report, poor sanitation costs Kenya US$324 million annually, equivalent to 0.9% of the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP). On the other hand, open defecation costs Kenya US$88 million per year—yet eliminating the practice would require fewer than 1.2 million latrines to be built and used1.

Living Water Service Centre (LWSC) has been working with different communities in Kenya providing safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) interventions and training them on appropriate hygiene and sanitation measures and practices. Achako and Ogwedhi Villages in Kisumu County are some of the beneficiaries of the LWSC, WASH programs. The two villages had an engrained culture of open defecation, using rivers, fields or other places to relieve themselves due to a lack of latrines or toilets. The practice contributed to the rise of sexual violence and harassment of women and girls, and increases health risks 1 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/

en/2012/03/16230708/kenya-loses-kes27-billion-annually-due-poor-sanitation

through the spread of diseases, such as diarrhea.

In 2014, some villagers from the two villages had attended an ODF celebration of a neighboring Radienya village to which they were ashamed at the status of their own villages. Those villagers came together and requested LWSC to help their villages (Achako and Ogwedhi) also become ODF as Radienya to which they witnessed the actual status and celebrations.

Through Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach LWSC enabled the villagers of Achako and Ogwedhi identify the ill consequences of open defecation and encouraged villagers to build latrines using locally available materials. CLTS allowed the villagers to map their villagers of their defecating zones and shamed any villager engaging in the practice.

CLTS community meeting

Villagers mapping their village.

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CHV’s and LWSC at the Ogwedhi Village ODF sign board during celebrations.

Eventually about 30 latrines were constructed for use as an alternative to upend defecation in Achako and Ogwedhi. On 29th September, the two villages joined together in a celebration of their villages being verified and certified by the Ministry of Health and Kenya Water for Health Organization (KWAHO) as Open Defecation Free (ODF). The event was attended by government officials, WASH stakeholders, community members and representatives from villages in Butere WPA undergoing CLTS process.

The amount of jubilation encountered at the event was thrilling, with the community members composing local songs against open defecation. The community came together and donated a ram to be used in the ODF celebrations as a demarcation of their new beginning as ODF villages.

Today, as you walk by the two villages you shall also note that all the latrines have leaky tins

Above: Certificate awarding, LWSC country Director and

Ogwedhi and Achako reps.

for hand washing and lid covering the latrine hole against disease transmission through flies. All this was as a result of the committed Community Health Volunteers (CHV), Public Health Officers (PHOs) under the facilitation of Living Water Service Centre.

Our prayer is that more villages shall realize the need for appropriate hygiene and sanitation standards and practices in order to lessen OD and minimize the cholera outbreak in Kenya. Congratulations to Achako and Ogwedhi Villages for being ODF!

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Jovial villagers at the ODF event

ODF event in progress

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Celebrating Open Defecation Free Villages

It is always one’s desire to see their efforts pay off and such was the joy of Community Health Volunteers (CHVs), Public Health

Officers (PHOs) and the Living Water Team in November 2015 when Mungongo, Mulusi, and Bukubi Villages in Butere were declared Open Defecation Free! They were the first villages in Kakamega County to be certified and declared as ODF.

The three villages are situated in Butere sub-county in Kakamega County. The ODF journey for these villages has been a long time coming, with triggering dated back as far as April and June 2013. Through the collaboration with the area PHO, LWSC team triggered the villages and facilitated the formation of CLTS committees. Such consequently allowed for intensified health education activities and intense follow up until September 2015 when the village claimed to be ODF. The villages underwent ODF verification assessments by government and third parties to which they were officially certified as ODF in November 2015.

During certification the following issues were observed:

o Mulusi village had 128 households, Mungongo 54 households and Bukubi village 96 households. All households had latrines with the drop-hole covers, privacy observed, and use of leaky tins promptly for handwashing using ash or soap.In addition, the village members

had maintained cleanliness, among other requirements.

In honor, preparation and awareness creation of the World Toilet Day, LWSC celebrated three villages for having attained Open Defecation Free status in Butere sub-county, Kakamega county. The occasion congratulated the three villages that were the first among the 26 triggered villages by LWSC, together with the Office of Public Health in Butere Sub-County. An estimated number of about 500 people attended the celebration.

During the celebration the community members (CHVs) specifically made a contribution and prepared meals for the day, while the Sub county Public health officer supported in paying for the tents, public address system and tree planting for the day. This exhibited collaboration among the partners and LWSC team.

It was with great gratitude for LWSC to have supported and contributed much effort

in this journey from May 2013 to November 2015 when the villages were certified and declared to be Open-Defecation-Free, the achievement was tremendous since this was evident that behavior change takes some time in people. The celebrations were done to hold the community responsible in sustaining improved sanitation status and a step forward to other villages to emulate the same.

Buchenya girls health club team giving a presentation on Hygiene and

Sanitation.


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operations.

Village heads holds certificates for the ODF village

Community members, Government staffs and LWI

staffs jubilation about the three ODF villages.

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Interactive training fosters behavioral change

While attending a community Hygiene and Sanitation (H&S) training by Living Water in

Oltorotua village, I met a wealthy man, whom I’d like to tell you a story about. He was one of the most active participants in the training session. He was curious for knowledge, it was evident he had a pressing matter. This raised an interest in me to get to know him better, and to know his background and reason for thirst of knowledge.

Julius Muli is a resident of Oltototua, in the Maasai Mara part of Kenya. He has two wives and 10 children. He is a wealthy man; he has herds of cattle and sheep. If I must mention, he has over 160 cows, 400 goats and chunks of land. He owns many lands; the biggest he owns is 150 acres to which he has leased out and gets some monthly income from the Mara Conservancy. “The money from the land enables me to take my children to School,” he says proudly while holding one of his favorite daughters - Sylintai Muli. Mr. Julius Muli said that Sylintai Muli performs well academically and always ranks in the top two positions.

As I was admiring Mr. Julius Muli’s accomplishments, he informed me that he had lived at his current location for about 8 months. While wealth in the Maasai community is defined by the number of cattle one has or wives, Mr. Muli had attained all that was needed in his

society to be wealthy. At his then current residence, he had a number of houses, and his compound was well fenced. He had one major challenge that had proven difficult for him and his family.

In getting to understand Mr. Muli and his way of life, I asked him a number of questions. One key thing he mentioned was that for the eight months he had lived in his then current setting, he and his family had been defecating in a nearby forest. “We are used to getting pricked by thorns and getting attacked by Elephants, Buffalo’s and Hyena’s while defecating in the forest. Despite us adults being capable of handling wild animals, it has proven to be a challenge for my children,” he said worriedly. Mr. Muli went on and said, “My family suffers from stomach aches and typhoid and we had never known it was as a result of our defecating behaviors. The hygiene and sanitation training has revealed the unknown to us.”

After attending three training sessions, Mr. Muli decided that he was going to dig a latrine for his family. Despite all his wealth, he realized that his health and his family were at risk and they needed a way out. He took me to the site where he was to construct a latrine, showed me some materials he had in readiness of the construction. In addition to showing me the construction site, his closing remarks were, “Time has come for me and my family to let go of our open defecation behaviors’, building this latrine shall save

us from hospital bills caused by diarrheal diseases and attacks from wild animals.”

With such positive attitudes showcased by participants in hygiene and sanitation training sessions, it is highly evident that there is hope for an Open Defecation Free Society; Mr. Julius Muli reveals the glimpse.

Story by Carolyne Magodo


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Muli watching child do hand washing

Latrine hole in wait of upper construction

Community members making tippy tap

Tippy tap installation by a latrine

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Global Hand Washing Day

LWSC contributed

hand washing points

and soap to school

children during the

national event themed

"Raising a hand for

hygiene" in Kiambu

County.

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Director of Public Health Dr. Kepha Ombacho (left) engages with Living Water Senior leadership team (Ruth Okowa, Robert Thorp

& Jacktone Akelo) at the World Toilet Day National Celebrations in Busia, Kenya.

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Country Director

engaging children.

Shiraha Project commissioning and hand

over to community by Ruth Okowa (Blue)

Regional Director Southern Africa and

Director- Strategy, Living Water.

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In our journey of improving water, sanitation and hygiene we have learnt that sustainability of projects is fostered

is through communication and involvement of communities in the area of project implementation. Community engagement allows for identifying a community’s needs and appropriate water, sanitation and hygiene solutions while in consultation with the respective community. Involving a community allows for incorporation of their views and suggestions which boosts community ownership of projects.

Water projects are only effective if the community users are empowered and have the know-how or operating and maintaining the project for sustainability. In ensuring that the beneficiary communities manage the projects well, Living Water conducts Operations and Maintenance (O&M) training to verse water committees on the day to day project management.

In fostering sustainability, the below activities were conducted in 2015:

• 67 water point Management teams trained on Operations and Maintenance

• 26 Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs) signed with communities

• 64 Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and Water User Associations (WUAs)

• 36 Service visits conducted on previous water points to check on functionality

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LIVING WATER SERVICE CENTRE FINANCIAL REPORT 2015

SummaryGod was gracious to us in the year wherein we were able to fully utilize our newly acquired Rig as an alternative to contracting out hence minimizing costs and maximizing impacts. The organization was able to do implement more programs with less in comparison to previous years as shown in Table 1. It can be noted that the Revenue reduced by over 34% from $1.15 Million in 2014 to $ 0.75Million in 2015.

In FY 2015 the total revenues was $ 752,000 a larger percentage of the funding was from The Living Water International (LWI) and while about 7% ($55,000) being generated within the country as Locally Generated Revenue (LGR) through local partnerships. This was against an expense of $765,810 (Tab. 2)

Revenue Per year

Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Revenue $ 310,369.43 $ 658,006.38 $ 772,105.81 $ 1,156,066.03 $ 752,639.21

Table 1

Of the total $765,810 a total of 86% ($ 661,169.15)was utilized directly in community related programs - church mobilization &

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400,000

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800,000

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2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Year

Rev

enue

gospel proclamation, ($99703); provision of clean portable water -drilling borehole, spring protection and rehabilitation of broken wells ($ 425,557.78); hygiene and sanitation ($78,226); Community engagement ($

57,683) & monitoring of the projects . Only a mere 14% ($104,641) was utilized in

administration.

Fig 1

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Expenses Per Department

AWS CM&GP CE H&S NW Admin O&M Rehabs total

$ 22,821 $ 99,703 $ 57,683 $ 78,226 $ 313,233 $ 104,641 $ 21,715 $ 67,788 $ 765,810

Table 2.

New Wells, Alternative Water Systems, Rehabs

Community Engagement and Monitoring

Church Mobilization and Gospel Proclamation


Administration,Operations and Maintenance

New Wells, Alternative Water Systems, Rehabs, Operations and Maintenance

Community Engagement and Monitoring

Church Mobilization and Gospel Proclamation


Administration

Fig 2

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LIVING WATER SERVICE CENTRE BOARD MEMBERS

Bishop Boniface Adoyo

Rev. Judy Mbugua

Anne Mwaure

Robert ThorpJim Malliet Zack Aspegren

Prof. Francis Lelo Shona BarnardRuth Okowa


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LIVING WATER SERVICE CENTRE SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM

Jacktone AkeloCountry Director

Daniel GithanjiOperations manager

Carolyne MagodoCommunications &

PR Officer

Carolyne WambuiHuman Resource Assistant

Austin OyulaCommunity Engagement

Coordinator

Samuel MunywokiFinance Officer

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PARTNERSHIPS All our impact was possible due to our dedicated partners from all around the world. We thank our Donors from all over the world especially from the United States, Kenya, the Living Water International Headquarters in Houston, Texas and the Living Water Africa Regional office for the support accorded throughout 2015.

We also acknowledge the aid bestowed by the local partners, Governmental and Non-governmental bodies. We thank the Kenyan Government for creating an enabling an ample work environment through relevant Ministries of Health and Water where our core functions lie.

Get Involved: Help us reach more

There are many ways you can get involved in transforming the lives of communities with advanced Water, Sanitation and Hygiene standards. Living Water Service Centre is open to partnerships with likeminded individuals and organizations for maximizing impact.

A little help goes a long way! Contact us: [email protected]

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Get InvolvedHelp us reach more

There are many ways of getting involved - A little help goes a long way! Contact us: [email protected]

LIVING WATER SEVICE CENTRE Kenya Office

P.O. Box Box 404-00621 Nairobi, Kenya

Office Tel: +254 723 749 380

www.water.cc

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