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   Q4 | October - December 2020                                              

Dear Friend,

Mike Tyson famously said, “everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth”. Going into 2020, we had what we believed to be a great plan. Then COVID 19 came out of nowhere and punched us right in the mouth. 

However, with the support of our partners, we were able to develop a response plan which enabled us to train 21,311 households, 463 institutions (schools and health centres), supply 700 handwashing stations, 1,217,400 P&G sachets and 6,000 litres of soap, all enabling 234,344 people to cope better with COVID. I would like to thank our staff and board members who worked incredibly hard and against some very daunting challenges to make this year a success. I am also grateful to our partners CAWST, Transform International, Proctor and Gamble & Connect International who stepped up their support this year. Our gratitude also goes to new partners, Acumen and Aqua for All, who showed faith in us when we needed it the most. Without this support, we couldn’t have made it. With this support, we were not only able to survive, we took some significant strides towards achieving our vision. 

Thanks to the hard work of our Community WASH Promoters as well as clients/distributors like Kenya Health Care Initiatives (KHCI), Africa Hope and ECLOF, we nearly doubled our sales from last year, keeping pace with the momentum that has seen us double our sales every year since 2017.

We are not out of the woods yet, but we are hopeful that 2021 will be a better year. Already, we have wonderful news to share of our partnership with Rotary International that will enable us to support schools and health facilities over the next two years as well as to continue improving our WASH Training and Demonstration Centre in Kisii. 

As the curtains fall on 2020, here’s hoping that 2021 is a safer, more joyful and prosperous year for us all. Happy holidays!

John Nyagwencha,
CEO, Aqua Clara Kenya


ACK Receives Rotary Global Grant

 

Through the Rotary Grant, school children like the ones above will enjoy access to safe drinking water, handwashing and proper sanitation. 
We are excited to announce that starting next year, we will be supporting the Rotary Club of Gachie (Nairobi, Kenya) and Rotary Club of Lacey (Washington, USA) to improve WASH in 37 schools and 70 health care facilities in Bomet, Nyamira, and Kisii Counties. With funding from the Rotary International Global Grant, the project will include rainwater harvesting, water filtration, handwashing, and sanitation improvement. The grant will also enable us to continue improving our Community Transformation Centre (CTC) in Kisii, making it a world-class campus for WASH demonstration and training. We are most grateful to our partner Transform International for their support in initiating and planning for this project. 

ACK Filters in use by IRC WASH, Uganda


A staff member of one of our new clients this year, IRC WASH Uganda, training a health worker in Kabolore District on how the ACK Water FIlter works.  
CLICK to watch IRC WASH Uganda Video
Are You Interested in supporting schools and health facilities have access to safe drinking water? Please reach out to us!

Global Hand Washing & World Toilet Day Celebrations 
We joined the County Governments of Bomet and Nyamira as well as other organizations working in these counties to celebrate Global Hand Washing Day on 15th October and World Toilet Day on 19th November. The public was sensitized on the need to practice effective handwashing, especially as one way to combat the spread of Coronavirus. It also served as a reminder of the need to build on the current momentum to ensure hand hygiene becomes a mainstay in public health intervention. 
    
Different stakeholders participate in World Toilet Day celebrations at Kakmirai Primary School, Bomet County. 

Support of Community WASH Promoters (CWPs)

H2OPE Accelerator Manager, Jeremiah Ouko hands over the CWP of the Month certificate and award to CWP Linner Ngeno during the monthly meeting in November.
 
Support of Community WASH Promoters (CWPs)

ACK Staff Daniel Nyakundi training a group of artisans on how to install SaTo pans that help remove smell and flies from latrines. 
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