KENYA / DROUGHT SANITATION

UNICEF and its partners support a water and sanitation project in drought-affected northern Kenya. The project makes it possible for schools in the worst affected areas of Wajir to receive a constant supply of water through solar-powered water pumps. UNICEF

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:07
• Production Date: 29 August 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTER PREPAREDNESS; DISASTER RELIEF
• Geographic Subject: KENYA
• MAMS Id: U110829a

Description

STORY: KENYA / DROUGHT SANITATION
TRT: 2.07
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / SOMALI / NATS

DATELINE: AUGUST 2011, WAJIR, KENYA

Shotlist

1. Various shots, children and adults with water containers around water tank
2. Various shots, four-year old Hawa Noor holding plastic water funnel
3. Med shot, Ismail Hussein talking
4. Various shots, villagers drawing water
5. Med shot, donkey drinking from trough
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jesee Wahome, Supervisor, Islamic Relief, Kenya:
“Now you must go deep again down, to get water. You see as you go deeper, you get more.”
7. Med shot, UNICEF staff and head teacher inspecting well
8. Close-up, tap being turned
9. Med shot, last well being inspected at school
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Victor Chinyama, UNICEF, Kenya Country Office:
“So we have seen in Wajir from village to village we have gone to, that one of the major reasons people are having to migrate is because they are looking for water for themselves, as well as for.”
11. Various shots, UNICEF staff and representatives from Islamic Relief Kenya inspecting water project
12. Wide shot, solar panels powering pump and water tanks
13. Med shot, newly constructed toilet blocks for pupils and staff
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Jesee Wahome, Supervisor, Islamic Relief, Kenya:
“It makes a difference because they get water now from here. So, this one benefits the community.”
15. Various shots, water pump at UNICEF supported project

Storyline

In the parched lands of Wajir in North East Kenya, even the smallest hands are needed, when the water tanker delivers long-awaited supplies.

Four-year old Hawa Noor is helping her uncle, Ismail Hussein.

“We need water every day in the current drought,” he tells us, “But sometimes it can be a couple of weeks between deliveries.”

For people and animals alike, across the drought affected north of Kenya, water is a precious commodity.

And having your own well is no guarantee of a supply, as the extreme nature of this drought, makes water harder and deeper to find.

This school, with wells and a pump provided by UNICEF, is in need of deeper wells now.

Like surrounding communities, solutions are required to withstand this and future emergencies.

Working with local partners, UNICEF has been supporting efforts, from long before this current drought.

A solar powered water pump provides a constant supply of water to this local school in one of the worst affected areas of Wajir.

That, in turn, allows sanitation and hygiene improvements, including new toilet blocks for boys and girls.

In this emergency, innovative solutions are helping solve immediate needs, while building for a more self-reliant future, with sustainable water options.