One of the 13 shallow wells opened by Community Outreach Centres

We don't charge for water
In Bunyore, the average distance from one household to a source of water is 1km. The average consumption of water in Kenya is less than 2 litres a day per person for all their needs. Many man-hours are spent just getting water from, in most cases, polluted rivers or unprotected springs. To address this, Community Outreach has opened 13 hand-dug wells. The wells are open to the public free of charge and Community Outreach maintains the wells under the supervision of a Kenyan civil engineer. 

Why Community Outreach doesn't charge for water:
Water is a human right. When 80% of the people do not have enough food to eat, even asking them for 1 cent is enough to send some of them back to the streams to fetch contaminated water which costs them nothing. While Community Outreach currently maintains the wells, we will work with local water committees in future to host fund raising events. Daily water from the wells will always remain free of charge and accessible to all.


Community Outreach maintains every well it opens