Migori: Two new water projects funded by Rotary International at a cost of Sh9.5 million are now ready for full use by the intended beneficiaries in Migori County. The projects, whose construction was supervised by the host club-Rotary Club (RC) of Suna-Migori, are based at Radienya and Sangla/Oruba Villages in Nyatike and Suna West Constituencies, respectively.
According to Kenya News Agency, each of the two solar-powered water systems has a capacity to serve 2,000 households, revealed Mr. Peter Gwengi, the President of Rotary Club Suna-Migori. “The construction works are satisfactory. We are ready to launch the two projects any time before April this year to benefit the local people,” announced the President after touring the project sites this week.
While briefing KNA on the status of the two projects in his office this morning, the official noted that the beneficiaries had started drawing water from the two sources as plans were underway to involve the county government leadership in the official launch of the projects. He said the twin water projects would be a game-changer in the two villages where water is always scarce, leading to serious sanitation problems.
“We expect the projects to improve the status of sanitation for the local people, who always face a myriad of waterborne ailments due to lack of clean drinking water,” Gwengi said. The official emphasised that the aim of his club and the partner Rotary International donors was to boost the livelihoods of the local communities by enabling them to enjoy clean drinking water in a clean environment.
The Rotary family ordinarily protects communities from pangs of water shortages and poor sanitation problems by funding water projects and supplying water tanks to schools with a view to improving the general health of the people. It achieves this by funding the construction of improved latrines in schools and sponsoring programmes that work towards curtailing the spread of diseases such as polio and malaria.
According to President Gwengi, so far, in Migori County alone, the Rotary Club of Suna-Migori, in collaboration with Rotary International, has assisted up to 20 schools with water tanks, distributed books, distributed sanitary towels to female students and constructed numerous latrines for a similar number of learning institutions, besides paying school fees for bright students from poor families.