WILK: At the forefront of fighting the coronavirus.

WILK: At the forefront of fighting the coronavirus

4/21/2020

Water is Life Kenya provided critical training and hand washing stations for nearly ten thousand people at the Kimana and Rombo weekly open air markets in southern Kenya. COVID-19 is in Kenya and people from rural areas need the awareness training to know how to protect themselves and their families against the disease.

Maasai families rely on once weekly markets for selling livestock. They then use the cash to buy food for the week or the month. It also provides income for all the people selling vegetables, clothes utensils and all other life necessities.

WILK organized a team of 25 people to staff hand washing stations, refilling the water and soap and instructing people in proper hand washing practices, social distancing and mask -wearing. Local leaders directed people to wash hands and wear masks. Failure to wash or wear a mask meant exclusion from the market.

Thanks to all our hard-working team on the ground, led by Water is Life Kenya co-founder, Joseph Larasha. We still need donations to continue to providing the training and hand washing stations.

Radio Citizen Kenya (below) highlighted our work last week on the air in Swahili.

1 Comment

Joyce Tannian

Joyce lives most of the year in Kenya. She finds being on the ground and working with the communities intimately helps her to relate to their culture and needs. It also provides her with a comprehensive in-depth understanding so that Water is Life Kenya can properly come along side them and empower them without impacting their culture adversely.

What Our donors Are Saying

After ten years of financial support, with countless follow-up reports, conversations, photos and video clips, we made a site visit to Water is Life Kenya's Amboseli operations in late November, 2018. The visit - and our assessment of the organization - well exceeded our expectations.
-- Mandy Cabot, owner, Dansko

A few years ago, a friend invited me to a church dinner where a Water is Life Kenya speaker gave a presentation. It changed my life. Intrigued, I wanted to know more.... I have since donated and visited Joyce in Kenya three times with my family.
-- Cynthia Miller

James Nicholas Catalano

8/12/2020 05:16:08 pm

Way to go guys! Always dynamic and very quick to respond to changing needs on the ground. Whether its food aid during a drought, or sanitation during a pandemic, WILK always has its eye focused on its mission of increasing the accessibility of clean water while being ready to effectively navigate every challenge that would otherwise threaten to derail a water project. Keep up the good work.