The Path to Water: Bringing a Borehole to Lositeti
Animals enjoying fresh water during test pumping in Lositeti.
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February 26, 2024
Animals enjoying fresh water during test pumping in Lositeti.
Larasha, Lorna, David, Samy, and Jessica meeting in Kenya.
Partnership Announcement: Global Linkages
WILK Co-Founder Joseph Larasha, Global Linkages Principal Lorna K. Johnson, David, Samy Twarari of Olmoti, and Jessica meet in Kenya last October.
January 29, 2024
A women livestock farmer groups meets after a training session in fall 2023.
The Year Ahead: WILK’s Goals for 2024
The drought is over, and it’s time for recovery and growth. In 2024, we aim to build up resilience and the adaptive capacity that's part of our human nature. Let's look at what we at Water is Life Kenya (WILK) have planned to help our Maasai friends in Kenya this…
January 17, 2024
A Maasai woman leads her cow home from the market.
Cows and Goats: Gifts of Hope
In April and May, we sponsored the Restock & Restore Campaign to help those who'd lost everything in a 3-year-long drought. Now that it's rained in some areas of Kajiado County, we distributed cows and goats to families hit the hardest so they can start to build back their lives.…
December 19, 2023
Livestock as a Business: Fall 2023 Update
Because of the 3-year-long drought in Kenya, we paused our Livestock and a Business (LAB) program last year. However, since parts of Kajiado County received rain earlier this year and more rains are expected, we've restarted training three new groups of livestock farmers this summer and fall. This blog will…
October 25, 2023
Our Water is Life Kenya team standing with our volunteer engineers and the Imurtot Primary School leaders. Imurtot has been the site of our engineering crew’s rainwater harvesting system.
Partnership Spotlight: WILK-TEC
We're thrilled to announce a new phase of our partnership with Engineers Without Borders Delaware Professional Chapter (EWB). After 7 years together, the volunteer engineers decided they wanted to work exclusively in Kenya with Water is Life Kenya. EWB will now be known as WILK-TEC, “TEC” standing for “Technical Engineering…
October 16, 2023
We’ve compiled highlights from our WILK Wednesday newsletter to show how our community of donors have been helping Kenyans bloom this year.
WILK Wednesday Mashup
We’ve compiled highlights from our WILK Wednesday newsletter to show how our community of donors have been helping Kenyans bloom.
May 22, 2023
Women Helping Women: How WILK Empowers Women in Kenya
As we wind down Women’s History Month, we’d like to highlight the ways WILK empowers Maasai women.
March 29, 2023
After four days of drilling, the Nooriro community hits water.
The land in Nooriro used to be lush and beautiful—before the current drought.
The Nooriro Borehole: A Gush of Hope
Under normal conditions, Nooriro was paradise for the Maasai, with plenty of rain, grass, and healthy cows. Like most Maasai communities, it doesn’t exist on a conventional map. It’s located in a valley between two mountains which, after the rainy season, turns into a reservoir. However, these are not ideal…
February 21, 2023
