This was a 7 year project (2013-2020) in which Wash Alliance Kenya’s mandate was to lobby and advocate for prioritization of water, sanitation and hygiene(WASH) services to policy makers through policies, programmes and budget allocations . The policy makers in turn are held accountable for their achievements and commitments made in WASH. Achievements Influence the…
Background WASH Alliance Kenya (WAK), through UNICEF funding and in collaboration with its partners, the MOH, Nairobi county, Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company and communities, implemented WASH intervention to minimize the transmission of COVID- 19 among the targeted population in informal settlements. Specifically, WAK supported COVID -19 response in selected informal settlements including Kibra, Mathare/…
World Toilet Day annually celebrates access to toilets and raises awareness of the 4.2 billion people living without access to safely managed sanitation. It is about taking action to tackle the global sanitation crisis and achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030. This year the theme remarks the importance of “Sustainable sanitation…
By Tobias Omufwoko | CEO WASH Alliance Kenya Nairobi City County continues to have room for improvement in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) practices and accessibility, with less than half of households in Nairobi City County observing handwashing. According to the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey 2014, only 39 percent of households in the capital…
On a hot and humid July afternoon, Jacob Omondi, 67-year-old grandfather, sat in his one-roomed windowless mud-walled house deep in Kibera slum waiting for the other members of his family to come back from their daily jobs around the city. Omondi suffers from a backbone condition that has limited his mobility and confined him in…
Kennedy Ocholla, a father of two living in Githogoro informal settlements of Nairobi with his wife and children, says having a UNICEF-donated handwashing station next to his welding business has helped increase the number of customers during the COVID-19 pandemic. “This handwashing station has helped not only me but my community at large, as you…
Maureen Adisa, a community volunteer in Kibera’s Soweto East area, says handwashing stands she managed next to a boda boda (motorcycle taxis) parking bay was helping hundreds of people passing by on their daily routine. “This handwashing stand has come at the right time when people really need to wash their hands and stay safe…
