Next Stop: Kirengo
In Spring of 2024, EWB-UMD was awarded our second international project! We have been entrusted to help another Kenyan community gain access to healthy drinking water. The Community of Kirengo is double the size of our last project in Nyansakia, and therefore will need more work and resources. Help us finance our Assessment Trip this December, marking the next big step in our mission!
Our team will be leaving stateside this December 12th, and spend 10 days conducting community and geological surveys to ensure Nyansakia's water system is functioning, and to begin planning for Kirengo's new system!
Nyansakia Water Project
Starting in January 2019, our chapter is nearing the final stages of our first International Community Project! After trips in 2019 and 2024 along with remote work in summer of 2024, the 2500 villagers now have access to safer ground water.
Assessment
Construction
Operation
Back in 2019, our Assessment Trip took demographic and geological survey data to help us understand how best to meet the needs of Nyansakia. We found the village had four springs that they mainly rely on for water, some hours walking distance away from villagers and all contaminated by e-coli as well as various other bacteria.
Storage Tank
We returned in Janurary 2023 after Covid-19 to begin construction our system based on four tap stands, dispersed throughout Nyansakia and connected by over four kilometers of pipes. The tap stands are gravity fed from our pump, meaning there is little upkeep cost for the village.
Over the summer of 2025, our members coordinated the installation of a solar-powered pump to make the system operational for the first time! All that is left now is one final visit to ensure the system is working correctly, train the community on its upkeep, and ensure its meeting the goals of our mission!
About us
Our chapter was given the opportunity to aid the village of Nyansakia. Our project goals are to bring clean, reliable drinking water to the community.
We've spent the last five years planning and constructing a groundwater distribution system to reach that goal.
Portraying Love
A life of significance is about serving those who need your gifts, your leadership, your purpose.
KEVIN HALL