October 15 is Global Handwashing Day, a global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing with soap, as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives. This year’s theme is ‘Our Future is at Hand – Let’s Move Forward Together,’ which calls for coordinated action, as the world actively […]
20 August 2021 – Across the globe, the increase in devastating storms and floods is a stark reminder that climate change is making extreme weather more commonplace. Can a country like Kenya learn from these global floods? The last few weeks have seen Europe and parts of Asia experiencing floods that have claimed the lives of almost […]
Until late 2020, Narok had no sanitation system. The County had set aside a quarry near Narok town as a disposal area, but this was shut down in 2019 by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) after the quarry got full and was spilling into the adjacent Enkare Narok River. However, this has now been rectified, […]
The effects of climate change are becoming more noticeable in Kenya, as the country again suffers from another drought in the northern and coastal parts. The impact of drought is a two-edged sword because as the land hardens under the sun, so its ability to absorb any subsequent rainfall lessens and thus drought is often […]
The effects of climate change are becoming more noticeable in Kenya, as the country again suffers from another drought in the northern and coastal parts. The impact of drought is a two-edged sword because as the land hardens under the sun, so its ability to absorb any subsequent rainfall lessens and thus drought is often […]
about the importance of handwashing with soap, as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives.
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The last few weeks have seen Europe and parts of Asia experiencing floods that have claimed the lives of just under 250 in Europe, over 200 in India and around 300 in China. In addition to this terrible loss of life is the catastrophic cost of the damage caused by floodwaters, which will run into […]
Proper sanitation and stormwater management remain as two of the major challenges for devolved governments in Kenya as they grapple to improve on service delivery to citizens. Bringing innovative solutions and providing and maintaining safe off-site and decentralized sanitation systems, cannot happen without new investment and human technical capacity – particularly considering the growing population […]