Post on 05-Jan-2016
UMANDE TRUST Promoting Human Rights in Urban Water and Sanitation in Nairobi, Kenya
Replication of similar projects to Kisumu
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Kisumu -Nyalenda
(Mathare, Westlands, Kibera,Mukuru, Korogocho villages)
The City of Contempt
A Sanitation Crisis
Water•Households buy water from water kiosks at prices 4 to 5 times higher than tariffs charged by Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company.•Dilapidated pipes cause wastage and expose water to contamination.
Progressive Realization
Our rights-based approach seeks to focus on the obligation of state and non-state actors to:-
• Respect
• Protect and
• Fulfill
The Right to safe, affordable, adequate water and bio-sanitation services
Kenya’s New Constitution
Promulgated on 27th August 2010 after over 20 years of concerted citizen advocacy
• Article 43:- `Every Person has the right to…….
• b) to accessible & adequate housing and to reasonable standards of sanitation;
• d) to clean and safe water in adequate quantities’
The Flame
Excavation Process by the community Members Dome construction
A complete Dome Construction of the Superstructure
A complete Bio-Center Burning of Bio - Gas
Construction and Effective Use of Bio-Centres
•Community Members and artisans constructing a bio-sanitation facility – one of the 40 such bio-centres in Nairobi
The front view of Gatwekera Tosha Bio-Centre
Open Hall: Operating as a cafeteria
CBO’s office and Rental offices
Toilets and bathrooms
Harnessing Biogas from Human Waste
Series of Community Sessions
Water Storage Tanks
KEY INNOVATIONS
Community-led advocacy on the right to water and sanitation (alternative budgets, petitions, coalitions and international partnerships with agencies such as COHRE
Demonstrating construction governance in which communities take the lead in planning, designing, costing, procuring and constructing.
Using anaerobic technology that converts human waste into bio-gas and contributes to environmental sustainability by reducing carbon emissions.
Community members holding monthly review meetings and accountability sessions
Demonstrating successful partnerships among NGOs, local authority, water providers, international agencies, private sector and communities.
Enhancing community ownership through promoting shareholding in urban water and sanitation services to enable members earn dividends and improve local economic development