Failure to involve the community, led to the intitial failure of a sanitation project, funded by DANIDA, in the village of Maina, near Nyahururu, in Kenya's Rift Valley Province.
| Title | Bringing village people into planning |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1992 |
| Authors | Kinley, D |
| Pagination | p. 14-18: photogr. |
| Date Published | 1992-01-01 |
| Keywords | health education, kenya, kenya rift valley maina, pour flush latrines, projects, sewerage, villages, water committees |
| Abstract | Failure to involve the community, led to the intitial failure of a sanitation project, funded by DANIDA, in the village of Maina, near Nyahururu, in Kenya's Rift Valley Province. Most people in Maina were poor tenants who thought improvements would be mean higher rents or evictions. Instead of cancelling the project, DANIDA officials engaged the Kenya Water for Health Organization (KWAHO) to educate and mobilize Maina's population. KWAHO helped set up a community group, Kihato (the Broom), to organize refuse collection. They were also involved in forming a "site committee" which was responsible for overseeing the construction of pour-flush latrines, drainage facilities and refuse disposal services. Within an 18-month period 112 latrines had been constructed and connected to the sewerage system. Community mobilization has also led to the formation of "Mugi", a self-help committee developing new income-generating activities. |
| Custom 1 | 824 |
