Local Project

Accessibility to WASH services is quite a problem for most middle and low income earners. Major towns often carry the burden of having poor WASH facilities that are prone to breakdowns. According to research done by Junghwan Kim et.al found out that in two well known residential areas in Nairobi, 77.4% of people living in Kibera and 60.6% of people living in Mathare had limited WASH facility accessibility. This can be easily extrapolated to other major towns just to indicate the magnitude of the issue. Additionally, arid and semi arid towns and villages suffer even greater challenges due to a lack of infrastructure. Often the consequences are dire including communicable diseases such as Cholera which has recently claimed lives in Garissa among others.

Through this project, we first create awareness through data gathering and visualization to help map out vulnerable areas. Eventually, the goal is to direct action where the need is most likely to have the greatest impact through preemptive solutions.