[Oe List ...] In Kenya, One Solution to Contaminated Water Comes From Above

[Geraldine Tolman]

And Kibera was not a project site - it is a neighborhood within the city of Nairobi.

The Kawangware HDP was another neighborhood within the city of Nairobi.

Kamwelani was the first expansion to a village project - south of Nairobi.
There was a water purification effort in Kamwelani - I vividly remember a flash flood that almost drowned some of the villagers and our staff members who were imbedding PVC piping into the sandy bottom of a river bed.

Geri

On Aug 22, 2024, at 12:04 PM, W. J. via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

I was actually in Bayad, Egypt, shortly after the Busses left, where Boivin drilled that well near the Nile.
Sarah is slightly misremembering the name of the HDP.
Kibera is south of Kawangware. It's primarily Luo (Obama's tribe), while Kawangware is primarily Kikuyu.
Marshall
On Thursday, August 22, 2024 at 11:04:06 AM EDT, Sarah H. Buss via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:


In Kawangware there were several sources: when we first arrived women carried it from the canals. Then the men put on waders and carried it from Nile for us to put iodine in so we could use it for drinking and bathing; then Cairo patrons gave us $100. to buy a drilling bit I think it was. Wayne Nelson, Gene Boivin and village men choose a spot about 200 feet from the Nile to begin drilling by hand to get fresh water. It wasn’t very deep but it was clean. A hand pump was installed so villagers and ourselves then had clean water. Did I get that right? I am sure that you, Jo Nelson,  have a better memory than I, so please elaborate and correct me if necessary. Sarah Buss
Sent from my iPhone

> On Aug 21, 2024, at 7:22 PM, Judi White via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
> 

> 
> Oops! Kibera is near Kawangare. Im thinking of a village with similar name. Love aging!
> 
> On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 8:12 PM Judi White <judiwhite070 at gmail.com <mailto:judiwhite070 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Yes, too long to remember details, but I do remember going there and teaching a Village leaders institute. We ate arrowroot and a concoction called kitheri.  Judi
> 
> On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 7:50 PM Lynda C via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>> wrote:
> https://undark.org/2024/08/13/kenya-clean-water-aerial-piping-system/
> 
>  
> 
> Was there an ICA project by this named Kibera out side Nairobi?  The spelling is a bit different than I remember. 
> 
>  
> 
> An article from Reasons to Be Cheerful! 
> 
>  
> 
> Celebrate. 
> 
>  
> 
> Lynda
> 
> _______________________________________________
> OE mailing list
> OE at lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:OE at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
> _______________________________________________
> OE mailing list
> OE at lists.wedgeblade.net
> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net

_______________________________________________
OE mailing list
OE at lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:OE at lists.wedgeblade.net>
http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
_______________________________________________
OE mailing list
OE at lists.wedgeblade.net
http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.wedgeblade.net/pipermail/oe-wedgeblade.net/attachments/20240822/b27bbc31/attachment.htm>