https://waterislifekenya.org Helping Kenyans Bloom Through Love & Water Tue, 23 Apr 2024 19:55:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://waterislifekenya.org/2022/11/support-ilkisonko-boys/#comment-184 Tue, 23 Apr 2024 19:22:45 +0000 https://waterislifekenya.org/?p=4994#comment-184 […] We also installed a water pump for the borehole at Ilkisonko Boys High School which was drilled last year. This pump was purchased through the generosity of our Giving Tuesday donors, who helped us raise $15,000 in a single day. Many Maasai men have attended and graduated from Ilkisonko, and the school’s reputation has improved due to its strong, dedicated teachers. Now the borehole is not only benefiting the Ilkisonko students at staff, but also providing clean water to the surrounding community. […]

]]> https://waterislifekenya.org/2022/11/ilkisonko-boys-secondary-school/#comment-183 Tue, 23 Apr 2024 19:16:19 +0000 https://waterislifekenya.org/?p=4954#comment-183 […] 2022, the Ilkisonko Boys School in Loitokitok had over 1,200 students, 800 of whom lived on campus. But the pipe system […]

]]> https://waterislifekenya.org/2023/01/ownership-of-maasailand/#comment-182 Tue, 23 Apr 2024 18:49:20 +0000 https://waterislifekenya.org/?p=5528#comment-182 […] the lurch. For instance, when we realized that widows were struggling to meet their daily needs and couldn’t obtain their rightful land, we developed the Hope for Widows Program. By developing businesses, widows could afford their land […]

]]> https://waterislifekenya.org/2023/01/maasai-culture-cattle-ritual-change/#comment-181 Tue, 23 Apr 2024 18:40:19 +0000 https://waterislifekenya.org/?p=5504#comment-181 […] met Songoyo after his cows and land had already been seized. He’d grown up in the traditional Maasai lifestyle and, as such, valued cattle above all else: “No cows, no life.” But in June 2022, […]

]]> https://waterislifekenya.org/2023/09/kenyan-family/#comment-172 Thu, 21 Mar 2024 22:40:52 +0000 https://waterislifekenya.org/?p=6482#comment-172 […] last summer, trees were planted and toilets installed during phase 3 of the Esukuta Borehole Project. Which means that, after nearly a decade, the borehole still is providing water to this […]

]]> https://waterislifekenya.org/2023/01/wilk-year-in-review-2022/#comment-171 Thu, 21 Mar 2024 22:40:35 +0000 https://waterislifekenya.org/?p=5162#comment-171 […] in Empalakai used to have a treacherous path to take in order to find water. Not only did the walk take several […]

]]> https://waterislifekenya.org/2024/01/borehole-cost-in-kenya/#comment-161 Wed, 28 Feb 2024 20:39:13 +0000 https://waterislifekenya.org/?p=6876#comment-161 […] construction of the borehole in Lositeti will take several months. There are also decisions to make regarding the size of the […]

]]> https://waterislifekenya.org/2023/03/how-wilk-empowers-women-in-kenya/#comment-160 Wed, 28 Feb 2024 20:38:58 +0000 https://waterislifekenya.org/?p=5952#comment-160 […] talk a lot about how long many women and their daughters have to walk to find water in Kenya. Lositeti was no different. Even last week, when we discussed the issue with women who live there, […]

]]> https://waterislifekenya.org/2023/07/nooriro-borehole-2/#comment-159 Wed, 28 Feb 2024 20:38:41 +0000 https://waterislifekenya.org/?p=6301#comment-159 […] year we met Michael Lankoi, a teacher from Lositeti who came to the Nooriro borehole ceremony. He’d heard about the work we do in Kajiado County, Kenya, and told us about how much people […]

]]> https://waterislifekenya.org/2023/01/maasai-culture-cattle-ritual-change/#comment-157 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:41:56 +0000 https://waterislifekenya.org/?p=5504#comment-157 […] LAB program is also important because there are no Maasai without cattle. The income in this region comes from livestock, and people needed better skills to manage their herds. Livestock benefit from fresh water, disease […]

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