Ruth Wachira comfortably turns on a water tap outside her modest wooden house in Chorong'i , a colonial village in Nyeri town.
For someone who had depended on the goodwill of her neighbours to access the precious commodity, it would have been difficult to convince the grandmother of four that she would one day enjoy the simple joys of having piped water in her compound. "Before my home got connected to piped water, I used to depend on my neighbours," she says.
Ruth is one of the 26 direct beneficiaries of Kenya Informal Settlements Improvement Program (KISIP) in Chrong'i village.
The program which is in its second phase is hinged on promoting dignified living for inhabitants of informal settlements by addressing systemic challenges like the lack of secure land tenure, inadequate infrastructure, and limited socio-economic opportunities.
