St. Thomas ACK Church - Lunza
Project Snapshot
Country: Kenya
GPS Coordinates:
Latitude 0.228830
Longitude 34.541290
Impact:
Total Served: 520
Status: Completed (?)
Completion Date (or estimate): 11/03/2009
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A new well has just been completed at the St. Thomas ACK Church in Lunza. This well is located about 30 km from Kakamega, Kenya.
The well serves the 520 church members in addition to the entire surrounding community. The church is a convenient and publicly accessible location for this well.
In the video, you'll meet Mildred, a mother of triplets who today is benefiting from this new, clean and safe source of drinking water.
A water committee of 4 men and 5 women oversee the project and will help ensure its long-term sustainability.
Prior to the well being installed, members of this community walked at least 2km to a passing stream nearby where the water was neither clean or safe.
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Recent Project Updates
01/17/2011: St. Thomas ACK Community Revisted
Our team recently revisited the St. Thomas ACK water project. The community was led in a sanitation and hygiene training session and the team later inspected the well installed in 2009. They discovered that, as with other wells installed by the same team two years ago, this well needed new internal rods to be brought up to our standards. The began repairs while on site.
Sponsors
Individuals:
Gift Date Between 05/14/2009 — 06/06/2009
Groups:
Individual Donations: May 14th, 2009 - June 6th, 2009
Berryville High School - Berryville, AR
Oregon Episcopal School - Portland, OR
Country Details
Kenya
- Population: 39.8 Million
- Lacking clean water: 43%
- Below poverty line: 50%
- Climate: Varies from tropical along coast to arid in interior
- Languages: English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages
- Ethnic Groups:Kikuyu 22%, Luhya 14%, Luo 13%, Kalenjin 12%, Kamba 11%, Kisii 6%, Meru 6%, other African 15%, non-African (Asian, European, and Arab) 1%
- Life Expectancy: 57 years
- Infant Mortality Rate: 55 deaths per 1000 live births
Partner Profile
Bridge Water Project
BWP staff and crew were originally trained by David Hansen, a retired water engineer from California. David visited Kenya, saw a need, and then recruited and organized this team. He got them equipment and trained them how to use it. He also trained them how to manage their new business.
Today they are drilling at least one well per week. They work in communities they know and help mobilize them. They are able to return and fix broken parts. They are committed to seeing their own people changed when clean water comes.
