Rotary Clubs deliver Remarkable Clean Water Project to Narok Community
As impossible as it seemed, an elated RC-Karengata D9212 recently handed over a water project to a community in Narok County.
The project, a collaboration with RC Irvine D5320, was completed in a record seven months. It was effected in April 2019 when RC Irvine provided close to $70,000 in sponsorship. The project’s community partners were ‘I See Maasai’ for community leadership and ‘With My Own Two Hands,’ a local NGO.
A beautiful sunrise unfolding in the tropical savannah plains is one of the lasting memories you’ll probably have of this place called Nashulai.
The Nashulai Community of Sekenani consists of about 2,400 men, women, and children of diverse ages. The intriguing thing about them is their way of life. They live in a unique conservation model in the World famous Maasai Mara. This conservancy stands out for the practical coexistence of the people, their livestock, and wildlife, all in perfect harmony.
Their main economic activities are cattle rearing, small scale trading and farming.
But the challenge: Amidst all these beauty, calm, and cohesiveness has been an endless wait for accessible clean water. Lack of clean water has had adverse effects on their quality of life.
About the Project
The viable solution was to rehabilitate a seasonal spring at a place called Oldarpoi camp. Then the delivery of accessible clean water, would entail harnessing water that would then flow into a 50,000 litre capacity storage tank.
For the community to access it, high voltage solar energy would be required to pump it into another 50,000 litre capacity tank up-stream. From here, it would then flow 6kms downhill through a laid down pipeline into various water points.
