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Olpalagilagi school
 The direction to build up the school for sustainability is a union
of the Maasai community organization, the community and parents themselves,
Cottars Trust, Cottars 1920 Camp, the newly created school board,
and the donors who will soon have a voice in the project when the
website is created.
Through a balanced effort
of proposals and projections the school will be able to support
itself independently through the community
once the larger projects are completed. This involves building new
classrooms, desks and shelving, purchasing the books and materials
and teaching aids, more educational training for the instructors,
water and waste programs and supply, and food programs. We are happy
to announce the Kenya Water Wells Trust (KWWT) will be sourcing
financing to assist us with the bore hole and toilet facilities
for our fresh
water projects at the location.
 This community has taken much pride, enthusiasm, and responsibility
for the school as they are aware that this school will provide the
knowledge needed for this community to facilitate its own cultural
growth and heritage while sharing and protecting this beautiful
habitat area with the modern world.
The conservation efforts
in this corner of the Maasai Mara Reserve include Proper low impact
land management and facilitation of the
legal ownership for the Maasai people; respect, value and protection
of the wildlife through tourism; and preservation of cultural growth
and land use while protecting the eco system from agricultural overlap.
Cottars Wildlife Trust
works hard to consider all aspects and it is an honor to be involved
with such noble efforts.
Nkaimurunya Primary: This school is located outside
of Nairobi Mbagathi River at the end of he Quarry Lane, is a primary
school serving
613 Karen Gataka and Longai students. There is only rain water supply
at the school. The nearest water tap is one kilometer away.
Nkaimurunya students
draw water from the Mbagathi River for watering tree’s and also, during the dry season, to cook tea and lunch.
In the words of the Headmaster, Mr. Peter Wanyoike, “Students
are given lunch at school, but during the dry season each student
is asked to bring one liters of water. That is about 610 liters,
which is not enough. And we are not sure the water brought to us
is clean.”
Mrs. Mac Olimba,
Deputy Headmistress, often accompanies the classes to the river
to collect water before school and at break. She remarks, “Sometimes
we find animals drinking ahead of us and we have to wait for the
water to clear. Other times we instruct children about water born
diseases,
but cannot insure our own water quality.”
KWWT has just
agreed to work with the WWT and the Karen Rotary Club (Nairobi,
Kenya) to address this project together, which
is very
exciting news for all.
Completed:
We have teamed
up with Pass Africa, Young Jains Nairobi and LDS Charities to
be apart of a team working to rehabilitate wells; we will still
be fund raising for future Bore holes (hand pumps) for next year.
This is the project we
are working on right now:
Area Identified : Mbeere District
Total No. Of wells to be rehabilitated : 42
Donor Partners: Young Jains Nairobi 20 Pumps
LDS Charities 20 Pumps
Kenya Water Wells Trust 02 Pumps
Working Partners: Tana Water Services Board,
Pass Africa Ltd.
Responsibilities: Tana Water Services Board : To identify the
pumps which
are broken down in the area and to conduct a preliminary diagnosis.
Pass Africa Ltd: To first vet the pumps, confirm
they belong to the communities ,Mobilize the communities to form
water
committees with in the community. Train them to get registration
with the
social services department.
Pass Africa
Ltd: to conduct final diagnosis, procure materials, and rehabilitate
the pumps.
Tana Water Services Board:
Supervision and
confirmation of rehabilitation.
CURRENT STATUS:
Pumps identified : 42
Initial Diagnosis : 42
Communities Mobilized and registered: 35
Registration certificates Received : 28
Final Diagnosis : 18 pumps
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