https://waterislifekenya.org Helping Kenyans Bloom Through Love & Water Tue, 13 Aug 2024 16:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://waterislifekenya.org/2024/06/planning-for-pasture/#comment-244 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 16:45:31 +0000 https://waterislifekenya.org/?p=8099#comment-244 […] Planning for Pasture is already off to a strong start. Our ambitious goal is to support grazing management efforts around Amboseli National Park. We’re doing this by working with local Grazing Management Committees (GMCs) to conserve grasslands at a scale that will benefit individual farmers. […]

]]> https://waterislifekenya.org/2024/01/borehole-cost-in-kenya/#comment-237 Tue, 23 Jul 2024 19:58:22 +0000 https://waterislifekenya.org/?p=6876#comment-237 […] boreholes in Kenya are expensive, but that’s because they need to sustain the community. Once the project is completed, women […]

]]> https://waterislifekenya.org/2023/05/all-about-elephants/#comment-236 Tue, 23 Jul 2024 19:58:06 +0000 https://waterislifekenya.org/?p=6205#comment-236 […] to build the infrastructure needed to support the borehole and make it functional, we also have to elephant-proof it. Reinforced concrete will prevent elephants from destroying the borehole as they try to retrieve […]

]]> https://waterislifekenya.org/2022/10/east-african-drought/#comment-234 Tue, 18 Jun 2024 18:08:39 +0000 https://waterislifekenya.org/?p=4757#comment-234 […] some Maasai lost everything in the recent three-year drought, they haven’t taken advantage of the abundant grass growing now that it’s raining […]

]]> https://waterislifekenya.org/2024/02/lositeti/#comment-223 Wed, 12 Jun 2024 18:55:09 +0000 https://waterislifekenya.org/?p=7323#comment-223 […] part of this project. Now, after months of hard work and persistence, we’re almost ready to hand a brand new borehole over to the Lositeti community.This deep borehole well, which is now complete and functioning, could not […]

]]> https://waterislifekenya.org/2023/04/coroallegro/#comment-200 Fri, 24 May 2024 18:17:27 +0000 https://waterislifekenya.org/?p=6076#comment-200 […] April, we partnered with CoroAllegro for three nights of music and culture in their Around the World in 80 Minutes concerts. Our very own Joyce Tannian collaborated with the group and brought some Kenyan music […]

]]> https://waterislifekenya.org/2022/12/hope-for-widows-pilot-program/#comment-198 Mon, 20 May 2024 19:01:22 +0000 https://waterislifekenya.org/?p=5123#comment-198 […] been a year since we implemented our Hope for Widows Pilot Program. Based on the results we’ve complied, we’ve learned so much about what we can do to help women […]

]]> https://waterislifekenya.org/2024/02/lositeti/#comment-192 Fri, 17 May 2024 15:28:25 +0000 https://waterislifekenya.org/?p=7323#comment-192 […] newest active water project is one that was desperately needed. The people in Lositeti suffered great losses from the three-year-long drought that Kenyans endured. Women walked for hours […]

]]> https://waterislifekenya.org/2023/05/all-about-elephants/#comment-191 Fri, 17 May 2024 15:26:32 +0000 https://waterislifekenya.org/?p=6205#comment-191 […] effects of climate change, and Maasai—both Kenyan and Tanzanian—must compete with wildlife (elephants, wildebeests, and other large game animals) for already-strapped resources. And, considering the […]

]]> https://waterislifekenya.org/2023/01/ownership-of-maasailand/#comment-190 Fri, 17 May 2024 15:25:57 +0000 https://waterislifekenya.org/?p=5528#comment-190 […] Tanzanian government is vastly different from the Kenyan government. While changing land laws in Kenya also caused a land grab, Kenyan culture encourages tribes, like Maasai, to practice their […]

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