Problem
Meshenani is located near the northwest corner of Amboseli National Park. It is a chronically dry area and home to approximately 1,600 people spread out over a relatively large area. There is a school close to the park that almost 300 students attend, and about 1,000 people live nearby. Farther from the park is a group of villages with about 600 rural Kenyans.
Their water came from a hand-dug shallow well 10 miles away from Meshenani. With such a great need for clean water, it was clear a borehole well would be necessary. In the summer of 2008, we drilled Meshenani’s first well.
Solution
With support from the Rotary Club of Penbury, UK, Water is Life Kenya was able to implement another solution to Meshenani community’s water problem after the borehole drilled had problems with salinity. We were able to convince Kenya Wildlife Service, which manages Amboseli National Park its water pipeline at the entrance of the park, to allow the community to connect to the Amboseli pipeline. Community members dug trenches and laid pipes, purchased a water tank, and constructed a concrete platform for the tank. Now the community uses water from this source.
Status:
Complete & Functioning
Photos from Meshenani C
