Upland Rotary Club helps Marera, Kenya
The Upland Rotary Club will soon have a lasting impact on residents of Marera, Kenya.
The club is in the process of forming a clean water project which is expected to provide clean and accessible water to about 2,500 families.
"These people have to travel five to six miles a day for water," said Fred Rugg, member of Upland Rotary. "The daughters don't go to school because they have to go with the wives and mothers to get water."
The Upland Rotary club has partnered with other rotary clubs in Pomona, Claremont, Alhambra, Chino, Las Vegas, and Las Vegas Northwest. The First Presbyterian Church of Upland and the Marera Community Self-Help Project will be aiding Upland Rotary to complete the well.
The $110,577 project will involve drilling a 600-foot borehole to find good quality water, installation of a heavy-duty pump to carry the water to a 22,000-liter storage tank, and a distribution system, according to a news release.
The men living in Kisumu will be providing labor while the Rotary Club will oversee the use of funds.
"We are doing it where people have access to it," Rugg said. "It's not private by any means. It has to be where anybody can get to it."
The project still is not expected to get started until Spring and will take six to eight months to complete.
"80 percent of the illness in that part of the world are caused by water born diseases," said Sue Sundell, Rotary Club member. "The water comes from very close to the surface, so it's not nearly as pure as water deeper down which is what this well will bring up."
Courtesy Photo
Water bore hole site.
sandra.emerson@inlandnewspapers.com
(909) 483-8555
The club is in the process of forming a clean water project which is expected to provide clean and accessible water to about 2,500 families.
"These people have to travel five to six miles a day for water," said Fred Rugg, member of Upland Rotary. "The daughters don't go to school because they have to go with the wives and mothers to get water."
The Upland Rotary club has partnered with other rotary clubs in Pomona, Claremont, Alhambra, Chino, Las Vegas, and Las Vegas Northwest. The First Presbyterian Church of Upland and the Marera Community Self-Help Project will be aiding Upland Rotary to complete the well.
The $110,577 project will involve drilling a 600-foot borehole to find good quality water, installation of a heavy-duty pump to carry the water to a 22,000-liter storage tank, and a distribution system, according to a news release.
The men living in Kisumu will be providing labor while the Rotary Club will oversee the use of funds.
"We are doing it where people have access to it," Rugg said. "It's not private by any means. It has to be where anybody can get to it."
The project still is not expected to get started until Spring and will take six to eight months to complete.
"80 percent of the illness in that part of the world are caused by water born diseases," said Sue Sundell, Rotary Club member. "The water comes from very close to the surface, so it's not nearly as pure as water deeper down which is what this well will bring up."
Courtesy Photo
Water bore hole site.
sandra.emerson@inlandnewspapers.com
(909) 483-8555
Hello,
I have recently started a charity project to bring solar panels and laptops to villages in Africa in order to teach them how to earn a living through the internet (http://africa-charity-project.org/). I would like to start in Kenya and was wondering if you had any suggestions how I could accomplish this there, or if you think there would be a need for such developments. I hope to make it to Kenya by the fall of 2010 and am making preliminary arrangements at the moment.
Thank you,
Karel Kosman
KENAX
Hello,
We are involved in work with community to raise the standards of of the youth in Kenya. Currently with a non profit organization, Marera Community Self Help , registered in USA, currently under registration in Kenya, we are lookng for donors to assist.
Your organization is a welcome idea to our endevours. Contact us for further information.
Best Regards,
Arthur Onudi