Building a Healthier Future: WASH Alliance Kenya Partners with Vihiga County to Enhance Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Services

WASH Alliance Kenya recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the County Government of Vihiga, marking a significant step towards enhancing water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services in the region. This signing of the MOU, officiated by Vihiga County Governor H.E. Dr. Wilber Khasilwa Ottichilo, aims to improve the overall health and well-being of…

Subnational Interruption of Transmission of Soil-Transmitted Helminths (STH) and Schistosomiasis (SCH) in Western Kenya

Project Summary: This initiative, spearheaded by the Ministry of Health and WASH Alliance Kenya (WAK) with support from the END Fund, aims to significantly disrupt the transmission of Soil-Transmitted Helminths (STH) and Schistosomiasis (SCH) across four counties in Western Kenya: Bungoma, Kakamega, Vihiga, and Trans-Nzoia. Set to run from July 2024 to June 2025 with…

Transforming Sanitation in Kwa Otieno Village and Empowering Communities: Peris Nyambura Kamotho’s Story

In Embakasi East sub-county, Kenya, Peris Nyambura Kamotho, a dedicated public health officer, is driving a significant transformation in water sanitation and hygiene. Her innovative approach, particularly through the Urban Community Led Total Sanitation (UCLTS) program, has empowered communities to address their sanitation needs effectively. One notable success story is that of Kwa Otieno village,…

Strengthening the Fight Against NTDs: Integrating WASH Strategies for Improved Health Outcomes

On August 6, 2024, EKA Hotel in Eldoret was the focal point of a crucial meeting organized by WASH Alliance Kenya (WAK) to review and validate findings from an extensive assessment of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) conditions in Bungoma, Kakamega, Trans Nzoia, and Vihiga counties. This gathering included key stakeholders such as representatives from…

WASH First in Schools: Protecting Children in Informal Settlements with Handwashing Stands, MHM Kits

Highlight: WASH First, a 15 months project funded by Simavi and implemented by WASH Alliance Kenya, installed 20 water tanks, 20 handwashing stands and distributed menstrual health management kits to 825 girls in 15 schools in Nairobi’s Korogocho and Mathare Valley informal settlements.   The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 was a…

National Sanitation Management Policy (NSMP)

  The Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation is developing the National Sanitation Management Policy. The policy intends to establish an enabling policy framework to ensure universal access to equitable and sustainable safely managed sanitation services across the service chain. The sanitation management policy will respond to the prevailing sanitation sector governance, management, regulatory, service…

Water Governance Support Program (WGSP)

Program Duration: 1st February 2021 to 31st November 2021 The Water Governance Programme is supported by the Embassy of Sweden in Kenya. The agency’s main aim is to reduce poverty in the world through the implementation of Sweden’s Policy for Global Development that aims to aims to ensure that people living in poverty and under…

WASH First Testimonials: Households in Mathare and Korogocho Informal Settlements

About WASH First WASH First is a fifteen months’ project funded by SIMAVI in which WASH Alliance Kenya supports COVID-19 response in two selected informal settlements in Nairobi — Korogocho and Mathare Valley Informal Settlements. Testimonials Josephine Adhiambo, a 42-year-old single mother of three, resides in Ngomongo village in Korogocho Informal Settlement. She is chronically…