Clean Drinking Water

In Marsabit, communities do not automatically have access to basic needs, such as clean drinking water. And in addition, they often have to walk many kilometres every day to get water. If you think about it a little longer: it is very special that this is still the case today! In so many countries the water simply comes from the tap and in many countries this water is also drinkable. If we shared more with each other (support, solutions and start-up capital) this would no longer be the case.

Like all other challenges the communities face, they have also found a solution to purifying water. They purify the water they find with ash (the remains of fire). This only purifies the water to a certain extent, which means they can still easily become ill.

Since 2023, Augustinus has been working with Dries de Kater from the Netherlands, general director of Basic Water Needs. He supplies Augustinus with parts to make water filters together with young people, which they can sell. The only challenge now is: how can very low-income residents afford the water filters? That is why we are looking for a smart solution for this.