How far would you be willing to walk for clean water?
The Water Walk 2022
For this year’s WATER WALK fundraiser, Ronnie and a team from the WATER DROPS family will walk 10 miles each to raise money to build a water storage tank in Mbirika. The tank will hold 50,000 litres and will serve the whole community of Mbirika.
On average people from Mbirika have to walk 5 miles to find water and then 5 miles back home carrying the water in 20 litre containers. The WATER DROPS team will not be carrying 20 litre water containers – because they simply couldn’t do it!
Mbirika is located on the floor of the Rift Valley in Kenya. It has an extremely harsh climate, with average temps around 35oC and annual rainfall of less than 300mm. There is no surface water available anywhere nearby and people must walk miles to find it – and it’s not guaranteed to be CLEAN.
WATER DROPS plans to tap into and syphon off water from a pipeline that carries water to a factory 30 miles away from Mbirika. We will build a large storage tank holding 50,000 litres which will keep the water CLEAN and SAFE. The tank will be accessed by a Primary School, Nursery School and be available to the local community.
With the severe drought that is currently impacting Kenya, this project is even more vital to help this community access life giving water.
12th November 2022
The Water Walk 2021
The WATER WALK challenge is aimed at supporting the construction of a water tank for the community around Lemasusu. This is a very remote area in the Southern part of Kajiado County.
The tank will hold 75,000 ltr of clean rain water at a cost of £17,500. That’s approx. £5 per ltr to build. You can help us meet this challenge.
To find out more about the Lemasusu tank and how your help can make an impact on the community, visit our Project Page
County government statistics state that in Kajiado, on average, people have to walk up to 20km (12miles) one way in order to source drinking water, carrying it back to their villages – either on their backs, or using donkeys if available.
This is the reality of life for women and girls in Lemasusu whose traditional role it is to collect water – would you be willing to walk this far for clean water?
Let’s challenge ourselves to walk 20km, ‘feel’ the distance and help raise vital funds that will make a difference to the Lemasusu community.