This past week I had the exciting opportunity to give a presentation on the Life Force Kiosks concept to the Kenyan Inter-agency Coordination Committee (ICC) at their quarterly National Environmental Sanitation & Hygiene conference. The ICC is composed of the Kenyan Ministry of Public Health & Sanitation, Ministry of Water, Ministry of Education, and representatives from most [...]
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Sanitation and Hygiene Conference Presentation
Posted in Kibera Water Kiosk Project, tagged Africa, clean water, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, water purification and storage on April 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Crazy developments
Posted in Ceramic Water Filters, Kibera Water Kiosk Project, tagged Africa, clean water, Kenya, Kibera, water purification and storage on September 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
It’s been a little while since my last month and boy has a lot changed. A couple of posts back I mentioned that I accepted a job with Unitus, a non-profit focused on international economic development, specifically in the area of micro-finance. Unfortunately, about two weeks after I started, the Unitus board announced that they [...]
Water kiosk business case development
Posted in Kibera Water Kiosk Project, tagged Africa, clean water, Kenya, Kibera, water purification and storage on July 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m excited to report that we’re continuing to move forward on the development of the budget and business case for the Kibera water kiosk initiative. Steve Mumbwani will be traveling to Nairobi next week to work with Andrew Otieno on researching startup costs. This is a critical step because once we have more accurate cost estimates, we can [...]
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