Our partnership with Haller

Drought has plagued Kenya for the majority of the last 12 years. In February 2017, a national emergency was declared in Kenya as 23 of 47 counties were affected by drought. Approximately 15 million people in the Horn of Africa did not have access to safe drinking water in 2017. This resulted in an increase in death and diarrheal disease brought on by drinking dirty, untreated water. Many communities near the Kisauni district often only have access to water for 3 months in a year during rainy season. Outside of the rainy season, women and children are tasked with walking 3 to 4 hours a day to collect water.

One Day’s Wages partnership with Haller provided access to clean water in the community of Jitegemee, and two new emerging communities. It is a part of Haller’s integrated community program called “The Haller Journey”, a scalable model for economic development. This program equips smallholder farmers with water security, materials and knowledge to farm the un-farmable and achieve a sustainable way of life. Well provision enabled the 3 communities, with approximately 800 beneficiaries each, to be more resilient in the face of frequent drought. Access to a clean, reliable, local water source will lead to a reduction in water related diseases, an improvement in nutrition as families can farm with certainty, and increased school attendance as children do not have to collect household water.