kitale wash monitoring report-august 2014
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25TH AUGUST, 2014.
Dear Joyce,
RE: WASH PROJECT MONITORING REPORT FOR KITALE BRANCH:
OVERVIEW:
I embarked on my monitoring of WASH projects in our Kitale Branch with specific focus on complete and work in progress WASH projects. The bulk of work was in Kitales’ main branch and below is a comprehensive description of projects monitored as well as the:
• Success stories. • Challenges encountered • Lessons learnt • Way forward.
The first client to be monitored was from Emoru area of Kitale in TransNzoia County. Below is a short profile of the client for your kind perusal.
• NAME: EVERLYNE SARAH KEYA. • MARITAL STATUS: Widowed • DEPENDANTS: 4 Children. Three are in school i.e. High school, Primary and College.
She also has 4 grandchildren. • LOAN ADVANCED. Ksh. 50,000 to be repaid in 12 Months.(5th loan) • GROUP: High Tech SHG. • PRODUCT: Kisima loan (complete) • AGE: 47 yrs.
Ms. Keya was widowed in 2002. She is a fish vendor in Kitale town and a small scale farmer. She grows maize and rears chicken for sale. She used the Ksh 50,000 to dig a shallow well which she uses domestically to cook, do laundry and drink as well as watering her livestock. She was so excited to receive us and called her grandchildren to pose for the picture. Her house is lit by a solar lantern bought through a loan from us. Ms. Keya is a loyal and satisfied client and is looking forward to acquire the PURE-‐IT water purifier. Below is a snap shot of Ms. Keya at her compound.
Second client to get a transformation through ECLOF WASH lives in found in Bidii Farm in Mtoni area of TransNzoia County. Kindly find her bulleted profile below.
• NAME: JOHN EMEKWI. • MARITAL STATUS: Married. • DEPENDANTS: 2 children. One in school the other is an infant. • GROUP: Jirani Bidii SHG. • LOAN AMOUNT: Ksh 30,000 to be repaid in 12 months. (1st loan) • PRODUCT: Maji Safi-‐ Water Connection (complete) • AGE: 28 yrs.
John is a Turkana pastoralist turned farmer who moved to Kitale with his young family from rural Lodwar in such of a new life. He sold his cows and bought land in Mtoni area within Kitale. He now practices small scale farming. John applied for a Maji safi loan as his first loan facility after getting training of the same from a Client Orientation Seminar (COS), where the WASH officer was training on WASH products. He in turn did a great job and now he enjoys this precious commodity with his young family and his mother. He shares with his neighbors’ occasionally. See his picture below.
Another client I Monitored was in Tuwan area of TransNzoia County and her profile is also bulleted below.
• NAME: GEORGE NJOROGE. • MARITAL STATUS: Married.
• DEPENDANTS: 3 Children. 1 working and 2 in school. • LOAN ADVANCED: Ksh 51,500 to be repaid in 12 months.(2nd cycle) • GROUP: Ahadi Rahab SHG • PRODUCT: Boma Safi (VIP Toilet and bathroom). • AGE: 52 yrs.
Mr. Njoroge has 6 mud-‐built rental units in Kitale towns’ informal settlement in Tuwan, so the rental units house 6 families with a cumulative number of 15 members. This particular VIP toilet serves the 15 members. He used readily available cheap materials to construct it. Another VIP toilet and bathroom is under construction. He intends to take another loan facility to complete it in the next 2 months. I advised him to do that since the number of people to the ratio of these critical facilities do not add up. He agreed as all good landlords should do. See his snap below.
I also managed to monitor John Wafulas’ project who is the chairman of Faida Shg and so he led by example. He resides in Sikhendu-‐Makhanga area of Bungoma County which borders TransNzoia county. See his profile.
• NAME: JOHN WAFULA. • MARITAL STATUS: Married. • DEPENDANTS: 6 children. All in school except 2 who are infants. • LOAN ADVANCED: Ksh 20,000 to be repaid in 12 months.(3rd cycle) • GROUP: FAIDA SHG • PRODUCT: Kisima and Boma safi combined.(Kisima complete and Toilet in
Progress) • AGE: 38 yrs.
Wafula took a Ksh 20,000 loan facility to Cement the top structure of his shallow well as well as upgrading his pit latrine to a VIP status. At the time of my monitoring, he was putting final touches on the walls as well as the doors which were to be fixed. He intends to take a loan facility for a water purifier in the near future once he clears his current loan.
I monitored Ibrahim Omuwasis’ shallow well project too in Sikhendu-‐Makhanga area in Bungoma County. The client is a Treasurer at his Naitiri Lima SHG group. See his profile hereunder.
• NAME: IBRAHIM OMUWASI. • MARITAL STATUS: Married. • DEPENDANTS: Has 4 children and all in school. • LOAN ADVANCED: Ksh 20,000 to be repaid in 12 months.(7th cycle) • GROUP: NAITIRI LIMA SHG. • PRODUCT: Kisima and Boma safi combined.(Kisima complete and Toilet in
Progress) • AGE: 45 yrs.
Mr. Omuwasi has 6 rental units which are served by this shallow well. It is 21 feet deep. I advised him to buy a water pump and a tank so as to improve efficiency in the use of this precious commodity. Ibrahim operates a barber shop a boutique and he is also a small scale farmer besides being a landlord. See him below:
Festus .Z. Locho was the next client in my monitoring list. He is a Chairman of Naitiri Lima SHG and a retired education officer in the Ministry of Education. This client can be found in Sikhendu-‐Makhanga area in Bungoma County.See his profile below:
• NAME: FESTUS .Z. LOCHO. • MARITAL STATUS: Married. • DEPENDANTS: Has 6 adult children all working. • LOAN ADVANCED: Ksh 50,000 to be repaid in 12 months.(7th cycle) • GROUP: NAITIRI LIMA SHG. • PRODUCT: Maji safi and Boma safi combined. • AGE: 78 yrs.
Mr. Festus is a horticultural farmer on his 20 acre farm. He is full of advice and experience owing to his age and travels across the globe most recently the U.S.A. The Ksh 50,000 was used to purchase a 2nd hand 10,000 liter tank, repair his water pump and his VIP toilet. As you can see in the picture, he painted it with his favorite color.
Haggai Were was monitored at Site and service Phase 2 in Kitale town of TransNzoia County. At the time of my monitoring it was raining heavily but I managed to see his project which is under construction. See the profile below.
• NAME: HAGGAI WERE. • MARITAL STATUS: Married. • DEPENDANTS: Has 2 children and has accommodated his widowed mother. • LOAN ADVANCED: Ksh 50,000 to be repaid in 12 months.(7th cycle) • GROUP: MEN & WOMEN OF FAITH SHG. • PRODUCT: Boma safi loan. • AGE: 37 yrs.
Haggai s doing final finishes to his brand ne VIP Toilet and bathroom as he prepares to move into his new home within the same compound. The work progress is exemplary.
Janet used her loan facility to construct a brand new shallow well for her domestic chores and watering her livestock, previously she used to waste so much time of up to close to 3 hours fetching water from a nearby river. Now she has a reason to smile courtesy of WASH loan.
Janet Madegwa was the final client who I monitored at Swani area of TransNzoia County which is situated on your way to to Endebbes near the Kenya-‐Uganda border. Janet is a farmer and grows maize in her 2 acre farm. See her bulleted profile below:
• NAME: JANET MADEGWA. • MARITAL STATUS: Married. • DEPENDANTS: Has 6 children. • LOAN ADVANCED: Ksh 50,000 to be repaid in 12 months.(7th cycle) • GROUP: MUKUYU SHG. • PRODUCT: Kisima loan. • AGE: 43 yrs.
Janet used her loan facility to construct a brand new shallow well for her domestic chores and watering her livestock, previously she used to waste so much time of up to close to 3 hours fetching water from a nearby river. Now she has a reason to smile courtesy of WASH loan.
Alice khaswa syumbi is the chair lady of Sayuni SHG in Kipsongo-‐Mandizini estate of TransNzoia County. I monitored her in this informal locality and below is her profile:
• NAME: ALICE KHASWA SYUMBI. • MARITAL STATUS: Widow. • DEPENDANTS: Has 3 children and all are married and has 5 grandchildren. • LOAN ADVANCED: Ksh 100,000 to be repaid in 12 months.(5th cycle) • GROUP: SAYUNI SHG. • PRODUCT: Kisima nad Boma safi loan. • AGE: 59 yrs.
Ms. Alice used her cash to buy iron sheets for her 8 rental units and pit latrines/bathrooms in the foreground which is under construction. Part of the money was also used to repair her shallow well water pump which had broken down. I advised her to buy vent pipes for her pit latrines since she had not put this into consideration.
AOB:
This is one of the underground protected water springs of Sikhendu area of Kitale in TransNzoia County where locals fetch their drinking water which they treat first before drinking. It never runs dry year round.
THE KITALE LUNCHEON:
Kitale staffs were treated to a luncheon which actually turned out to be dinner after a hard day’s work in collections and monitoring on my end. Zack, I and Maurice were the guests from Nairobi. Mr. Runji the Area manager as well as BUM Monica was present as I presided over the occasion.
The team promised to give Liz (WASH officer-‐kitale) and the wash project as a whole continued support by ensuring the sales keep coming in. I challenged the team to sale Unilevers PUREITS so as to earn incentives which are theirs for the taking.
On the left are the staffs enjoying their meal and on the right is BFO Nixon Bukii being recognized and receiving his incentive for being the Best in WASH sales in that particular branch.
We had a GREAT TIME..!!
CHALLENGES:
In the course of my monitoring I did encounter projects which were not fully completed due to various challenges as outlined below.
I. Funds diversion. II. Ignorance. III. Purchase of very cheap and poor quality construction material especially on Boma safi
(Toilets/bathrooms) IV. Unpredictable rain patterns due to climatic changes. V. Low income to service higher loans to build good projects. VI. Halfway done projects. VII. One client in Kiminini totally refused to be monitored even after assuring him we meant no
harm, instead he said he couldn’t leave his job at all and so we had no option but to leave.
LESSONS LEARNED
1. Low income has forced some clients to do some of their projects in phases due to the fact that they borrow only what they can manage to repay comfortably.
2. I noted that most clients in Kitale monitoring used their funds to dig shallow wells due to a high water table of say only 15 feet.
3. Ignorance by some clients e.g. as regards vent pipes can be mitigated by giving the benefits of such an item and this can only be attained through close monitoring of the projects.
4. WASH has clearly transformed lives in the homesteads that I visited and more can be done to create a bigger impact in many households.
5. Benefits of WASH have far reaching effects in society especially in an instance where neighbors share the benefit of an underground water tank in Matuu.
6. Most of the Boma safi projects in Kitale are under construction and this has the keen eye of the WASH officer to ensure it all comes to completion.
WAY FORWARD
Elizabeth (Kitale WASH Officer) intends to follow up closely those clients who have yet to put vent pipes in their toilets and also to continuously give advice to clients on the importance of water and sanitation especially in areas which still have a challenge in acquiring these facilities.
All in all the program has had a tremendous success in uplifting peoples living standards and their dignity by having appropriate sanitation facilities as well as saving many man hours which could have been otherwise wasted in say looking for water. I must say more needs to be done going forward in making it easier for many families to access WASH products.
Best regards,
Brian Andanje
WASH Officer-‐Thika
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