3-H Project in Kibera, Kenya
Sponsored by Denver Southeast Rotary Club

Health, Hunger and Humanity (3-H) Grants are awarded by The Rotary Foundation to fund large long-term international self-help and grassroots development projects that use an integrative approach to address humanitarian needs. This approach incorporates multiple program components, such as training, community participation, capital assets, and technical expertise from Rotarians and other sources.

In 2006, TRF awarded a $300,000 grant to construct, over a 3-year time frame, a water distribution system in Siranga, one of the nine villages in the squatter’s settlement of Kibera. An estimated 150,000 residents live in Siranga, in the heart of Nairobi.

 

This grant was sponsored by the Denver Southeast Rotary working with Water for People, and supported by many other Rotary clubs. The grant will provide a water distribution, storage, and sanitation system that will deliver affordable potable water to the community. A public health education program will also be implemented. 

Rotary Volunteers will provide special management, construction, engineering, and operational and cost control skills, while Water for People will oversee the project. 

 

Residents of Kibera will provide construction labor, and Siranga residents will be trained in the operation and maintenance of the facilities. 

This project, which will be self-sustaining when completed, will improve both the health and the quality of life for the Siranga community.