Country: Kenya | Partners: Acacia Water, Aqua for All, Care, CRS, Food for the Hungry, World Vision |Client: MWA | Donor: USAID | Duration: 2012-2014
Published on: 01/01/2012
The Kenya Arid Lands Disaster Risk Reduction (KALDRR) WASH project is a two-year project (12/2012 till 12/2014) led by the Millennium Water Alliance (MWA) with support from USAID. It aims to improve access to water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) and resilience to droughts for 160,000 people in five arid counties of Kenya: Turkana, Marsabit, Moyale, Wajir and Garissa.
The KALDRR-WASH project is implemented in Kenya through four MWA member NGOs: CARE, CRS, Food for the Hungry and World Vision. In addition, Dutch partners (Aqua for all, IRC and Acacia Water) provide expertise in hydrogeology and water buffering, and innovative approaches in planning for multiple uses of water and sustainable financing.
The overall objective of this project is to increase water storage capacity in arid lands and availability of water for multiple uses, while at the same time use of water resource is optimized through better knowledge of the ground capacity and better planning.
As part of this project, IRC has:
All these reports are available in the resources section.
Extreme temperatures, severe droughts and massive rainfall are affecting millions of people. Read more...
How do you set up a reliable water supply system when an area is facing ten months of extreme drought every year? How do you make sure that the one thing that matters, your cattle, stay alive? "You start planning for the worst." Read more...
On the 4 th of April, a conference on “Improving Resilience Building Water Strategies in Arid Lands” has gathered about 100 participants in Nairobi, Kenya. The conference aimed at sharing experiences of the Kenya Arid Lands Disaster Risk Reduction (KALDRR) WASH program with experts of the WASH and... Read more...
Using numbers in local planning for water resources and services helps stakeholders to make (conflicting) interests clearer and choices more explicit. Read more...
Who is responsible for improving the resilience of local population in the Kenya Arid lands against natural disasters and impact of climate change? And who pays the bills for sustainable water services? This was one of the questions that came up during workshops held in Kenya in October 2014. Read more...
This year the rains started in March and in June the water ponds still have water in them. Mwende is happy because now she only has to walk ten minutes to fetch water for her family. Read more...
Brochure presenting updates and progress within the KALDRR-WASH project (March 2014) Read more...
The Kenya Arid Lands Disaster Risk Reduction project was aimed at helping the Kenyan government and local communities in dealing with flash floods... Read more...
