I’m extremely excited to share news of two key strategic partners who will be working with Life Force Kiosks… the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI). The CDC and KEMRI will both be working with Life Force Kiosks to conduct baseline and ongoing water quality testing as well [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Kibera’
Strategic partnerships
Posted in Kibera Water Kiosk Project, tagged Africa, Center for Disease Control, clean water, Kenya, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kibera, water purification and storage on March 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ups and downs (and back up again)
Posted in Kibera Water Kiosk Project, Uncategorized, tagged Africa, Kenya, Kibera, NGO, non-profit, water purification and storage on March 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
So I don’t fail to recognize the irony that the last blog post I wrote titled “Momentum” was followed by three months of silence. While the blog might not have had much activity, I can assure you that plenty was going on here in Kenya. Some good, some not so much. If you remember, back [...]
Momentum
Posted in Kibera Water Kiosk Project, tagged Africa, clean water, Kenya, Kibera, water purification and storage on December 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve had a few exciting developments over the last couple of weeks. First, we had a very interesting community meeting last week. The meeting was attended by water vendors, village elders, and religious leaders. It was kicked off by the Chief. Overall I’d say the meeting went fairly well. Most of the water vendors and community [...]
Gaining momentum with the Kenyan government
Posted in Kibera Water Kiosk Project, tagged Africa, clean water, Kenya, Kibera, water purification and storage on December 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So my 9:00 am meeting kicked off right on time at 11:15 this morning. Fortunately, it was worth the wait and we had a very productive meeting with the District Public Health Officer overseeing Kibera. It’s becoming very clear that the District Officer who we’ve met with a few times is a strong supporter of our organization [...]
Excellent support from the Kenyan Government
Posted in Kibera Water Kiosk Project, tagged Africa, clean water, Kenya, Kibera, water purification and storage on November 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday morning my general manager, assistant manager, vice chairman and I met with the District Officer (DO) who oversees Kibera. I had met with the DO back in May and he was supportive of the idea, but the model has since changed dramatically. Fortunately, he was equally if not more excited to hear our current plans. He [...]
Advisory Board Member – Richard Wardell
Posted in Kibera Water Kiosk Project, tagged Africa, clean water, Kenya, Kibera on November 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m excited to introduce another fantastic board member, Richard Wardell. Richard has twenty years of business experience in international banking and strategy consulting, together with several years of non-profit work. As Vice President of Global Programs for Unitus over the past 3 years, he advised microfinance institutions in 9 developing countries, and made many working visits to Kenya. He’s also a board director [...]
Advisory Board Member – Andrew Otieno
Posted in Kibera Water Kiosk Project, tagged Africa, clean water, Kenya, Kibera on October 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The second board member I’d like to introduce is Andrew Otieno. Andrew is the Nairobi West Regional Manager for Jamii Bora Trust, a major Kenyan micro-finance institution. Andrew works to empower the residents of Kibera every day by providing access to capital for business expenses and other critical needs. Andrew is deeply involved in the community, [...]
Advisory Board Member – Rikka Trangsrud
Posted in Kibera Water Kiosk Project, tagged Africa, clean water, Kenya, Kibera on October 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Rikka Trangsrud Over the next few days, I’d like to introduce several members of our excellent advisory board. I’m really delighted to have such a strong mix of business and non-profit leaders, several of which have a deep understanding of the communities we’re trying to serve in Kenya. I’m excited to first introduce Rikka Trangsrud. Rikka is the [...]
Assistant Manager Hired!
Posted in Kibera Water Kiosk Project, tagged Africa, clean water, Kenya, Kibera on October 13, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Today was a big day for the Kibera Kiosk Project. We have hired Freddy Omondi as the assistant manager and employee #2. Freddy has a number of great qualities, but one of the things that excites me the most about bringing him on board is the fact that he was born and raised in Kibera and [...]
Process improvement works in Kenya too
Posted in Kibera Water Kiosk Project, tagged Africa, clean water, Kenya, Kibera, water purification and storage on September 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been fortunate to meet several Kenyans who have been helping on the Kibera Kiosk project including a branch manager of local MFI Jamii Bora, an entrepreneurial Kibera resident, and a water engineer (along with Steve, the general manager). Today we all met to brainstorm solutions to a big problem that was uncovered during recent business planning. If you remember [...]
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