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Now even our spoons are clean!: SWIFT brings safe, sustainable
water to residents of Chokchok
who is around 14, says he used to miss one-two hours of the new water system and ensure its long-term
of lessons a day through collecting water and firewood. sustainability. The kiosks must be protected from
Now we can attend classes with no problems, David damage, and charges must be introduced for the water,
says. I can even bathe in the morning and get to school which is currently free, in order to pay for the upkeep of
on time for the start of lessons. the system.
Now that she no longer spends hours collecting
water from a distant kiosk, Jacinta is using the extra
time to collect palm leaves instead, which she uses to
make brooms. She sells these at the market in Lodwar
town for around 20 Kenyan shillings each, and uses the
money to buy food and clothes for her family, including
school uniforms.
She also has more time to collect firewood for
cooking, and she and her husband have started a small
kitchen garden behind one of the new water kiosks,
to ensure that even water that is spilt is not wasted.
We are growing sorghum, maize and sweet potatoes,
she says.
Jacinta Atiir making brooms from palm leaves
Stories and photos collected by Jane Beesley, freelance humanitarian communications specialist, and edited by Emma Feeny (Oxfam).
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