BeyondWater - Lucian and Alice's Volunteering trip to Kenya
Help Lucian and Alice raise $2500 for a water Sanitation project in Kenya
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Alice and I (Lucian) are traveling to Kenya in July 2018 to volunteer for the BeyondWater not-for-profit organisation.
BeyondWater is a not-for-profit organization working across East Africa. Their focus is on ensuring schools, medical clinics, children's homes and remote communities have access to safe, clean drinking water and sanitation facilities. Projects include deep bore wells, guttering, water tanks, hand washing facilities, toilets and health education programmes. For more information about BeyondWater visit http://www.beyondwater.global/
We would love our friends, family and colleagues to donate and support this great organisation and the work they do! Our target is to raise $2500 which would cover the cost to construct a block of two toilets in a school. Please note all donation will go directly to the BeyondWater NGO.
Inadequate sanitation in schools can lead to a number of health problems, including stunted growth, diarrhea illness, and even death. Additionally the number one reason girls don’t go on to secondary education is that they do not have single sex toilets.
Thanks to Fulton Hogan for their commitment to donate $500 to this campaign.
Lucian Doig's involvement (page creator)
Nurse & civil engineer volunteering skills and time to Beyond Water an inspirational NGO positively changing lives and communities.
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Our goal is to raise $2500 for the construction of a block of two toilets in a Kenyan school. All donations will go directly to BeyondWater (not-for-profit organisation).
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Update on toilet block progress 15 October 2018
Thank you all again for your generous donations.
Apologies for a very delayed update!
Alice and I left Kenya on the 20th September after a busy and exciting adventure. We are now back to the relative normality of a western culture (London).
I am pleased to say we began construction of the block of four toilets that you all donated towards. The block of toilets are located just outside of the town of Eldoret, approximately 8 hours north west of Nairobi. The school has 250 students aged from 4 to 13 all from very tough and impoverished backgrounds.
The new toilet block is a semi composting/eco toilet based on a block we saw in use at a school in Tanzania. It will replace the current pit latrine (long drop style) that is currently in use. The new toilet will bring a number of benefits including reduced odor and flies as the waste follows into septic style tanks that are separated from the block. I am happy to provide full plans/ details of the design.
We spent a week in the community constructing the below ground tanks, plumbing and base slab. It was a challenging but rewarding experience working with a local team of builders (or Fundi in Swahili) with limited English. The remainder of the work will be carried out by the local team of builders with supervision from Beyondwater global next month. We will keep you posted with pictures of the final product.
Thank you once again for your support. Having seen the poor conditions of the existing latrine, we hope this upgrade will make these kids happier and healthier!
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