At least 65 women groups from various parts of Makueni County have benefitted from 5,000 litre water tanks to help them with clean water for domestic use also crop production.
The women groups benefited through a partnership between Mama Doing Good and Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA), a Canadian based organization that distributed the tanks.
The Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Mama Doing Good Boniface Kiome, speaking during an empowerment forum at Kavete in Makindu Sub County, said so far they have distributed 411 tanks. "Through this partnership, we are helping women secure clean water for their homes and farms, which will assist them start a kitchen garden, hence improving their food security and nutrition," said Kiome. "MEDA has been instrumental in supporting this project by cost-sharing the acquisition of the tanks on a 50-50 basis, while the women's groups contribute through table banking, an initiative we strongly support," he added.
This initiative is also contributing to the growing of trees in the county, whereby women are supported to have tree nurseries, with a view to improving forest cover in the area, in line with the government agenda of planting 15 billion trees by 2032.
