APHIAplus Western: Water Sanitation and Hygiene Preamble Access to safe water supplies throughout Kenya is about 59% and access to improved sanitation is 32%, implying unmet need in rural and urban areas for both water and sanitation. The recent erratic weather patterns have only made the situation worse, because of long droughts. Kenya also has a limited renewable water supply and is classified as a water scarce country. The Project has strived to improve safe water access to the supported populations by way of protecting Natural springs and educating the beneficiary communities on the importance of clean water and supported the County governments to increase the and increase CLTS an approach that promote sanitation by increasing open defecation free villages recognizant of the fact that open defecation poses danger to health through fecal–oral transmission of disease.
Table 1: Who are our beneficiaries
County
No of springs Water protected Tanks in schools
No VIP in schools
No of HWE in Schools
Kisumu
02
14
27
90
Migori
04
09
Who we are
Kakamega
11
25
The AIDS, Population, and Health Integrated Assistance (APHIAPlus) Western project is a five year project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The project that is currently on its sixth extension year of implementation is led by PATH in partnership with the state and non-state actors.
Vihiga
02
05
Siaya
04
29
44
24
Homabay
06
05
What we do
Bungoma
12
15
Outcomes
Busia
07
19
Nyamira
01
00
Wider approach such as WASH support to schools – Construction of pit latrines, provision of roof catchment water tanks, hand washing and point of safe water drinking point’s equipment, SE 200, a chlorine making machine for safe water for drinking provided through A+ (PATH) to selected Schools and facilities have yielded to a greater health outcome such as the reduction of cases of diarrhea, infant morbidity/mortality, absenteeism in schools and the incidences of waterborne diseases e.g Cholera, typhoid, dysentery.
The project works with nearly 800 health facilities in 10 counties that is home to more than 10 million people. The focus counties being Bungoma, Busia, Kakamega,Vihiga, Kisumu, Siaya, Migori, Homabay, Kisii, and Nyamira. The Number of people in target areas gaining access to improved drinking water supply is estimated to be over 124, 000 people. Some of the results of the beneficiaries of WASH activities is as in Table 1 and 2.
Table 2. WASH Performance Table Y6Q1 - Y6Q3 Indicator
A PHO in Kuria West during CLTS exercise in the Remisere Village on toilet privacy, a school pit latrine supported by APHIAplus and Open defecation sites inspection
Activities under WASH • Protect springs amongst areas with least access to clean water • Procure and install handwashing facilities in high volume health facilities • Support WASH activities in selected schools (water tanks/latrines and HW equipment) • Support county and sub-county PHOs/PHTs to conduct supportive supervision WASH • Support updates for HCWs and CHVs on WASH • Support roll-out of CLTs in selected villages
Mukango Spring in Ikoloman- kakamega County before and after protection
PPR Target 2016
Y6Q1
Y6Q2
Y6Q3
Total
% (Target)
Number of people in the target area gaining 72,000 access to improved drinking water supply
143,220 68,000
68,000
68,000
94%
Number of individuals trained to implement improved sanitation methods
200
81
625
146
771
385%
Number of people in target areas gaining access to improved sanitation facilities
70,000
69,300
77,060
80285
80285
114%
Number of communities certified as ODF
250
-
-
215
215
86%