Chandler is now on a mission to raise $5000 to provide that clean water system. 

This project will provide safe drinking water for both a primary and secondary school, serving a total of 1250 students. 

The pipeline will also be a primary source for about 700 additional people in the village!

The village of Ndatani, Kenya, is located approximately 100 km southeast of Nairobi. Without reliable rainfall and little industry, the community is poor and the residents have few opportunities for improving their economic status.  The majority of the villagers are poor subsistence farmers. Women and children commonly walk long distances (up to 5 km round trip) to retrieve water from the river when rainfall is scarce.  There are no clean water supplies available to the villagers and as a result diseases such as Typhoid are common place.

Water resources in the region are limited.  The Ndatani primary school does harvest rainwater but the water is untreated and the current set-up is not sufficient to provide water through the dry season. When there is no rainwater the school children and the villagers haul water from the Athi river (and from hand dug pits in the river bed when the river is dry).  This water is extremely unsanitary as it is shared by wild animals and livestock as well as the people.

Well Aware is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with headquarters in Austin, Texas that provides innovative and sustainable solutions to water scarcity and contamination in Africa. We fund and implement life-saving water systems to drive economic development and build self-sufficient communities. At Well Aware, our responsibility to the communities in which we work goes far beyond the drilling of a hole. 

Well Aware has a 100% success rate with the water systems and wells we build, when the industry average is 40%. Our water systems work and they last because of realistic and responsible planning and collaboration. And, our partner communities are thriving as a result. To learn more visit www.wellawareworld.org