While Kenya’s free primary education policy has obvious benefits, the influx of new students since the program was implemented in 2003 has put considerable strain on available facilities. In Ayany Primary School, Nairobi, one class has 98 pupils and the entire school itself has more than 2,600 students.
About 275 km from Kenya’s capital, lies Ngundune, a semi-arid region in Meru County, Kenya. The region is prone to regular draught and as a result, is lacking in reliable sources of water. The ripple effect of this lack, is hardship,
Tumaini children’s home deals with children who were negatively impacted by the post-election violence of 2007-2008. The home offers refuge to street mothers and their nursing babies, orphans who have no place to call home and underprivileged children whose parents cannot afford to take them to school.
In early 2020, Kasarani Health Center found itself in dire need for water, as its pumping system had broken down. Davis & Shirtliff, through her #improvinglives program donated and installed a Dayliff booster pump, which restored the dispensary’s functions to normalcy.
Africa Inland Church Kanzinwa is located in Kitui County. Like many areas in the semi-arid county, water is a most-elusive resource. The church supports over 370 needy children, and initially depended on a seasonal river as its source of water.
Over 300 kilometers from Kenya’s capital city, Archers post is a settlement in Samburu County, home to the Samburu people. Through the Isiolo Branch Manager, Paul Muchiri, the D&S CSR program identified a stalled community water project that was in great need of rehabilitation.
Since it was established, Buri-amia dispensary has served as a central maternal center in Loyiangalani. Unfortunately, due to the lack of any lighting in the hospital, deliveries could only be undertaken during the day, which, along with some other factors, caused a very high mortality rate at the institution.