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Project Updates
 Tania Rehabilitation and Orphanage Centre
Situated about 22 miles outside of Nairobi, Tania Centre is a full scale facility taking care of 165 children with special needs. The centre is spread over ten acres with dorms and classrooms. The well had run dry, and children were walking miles to the nearest well to bring back jugs of drinking water. Food supply and hygiene were suffering.
Well Aware agreed to dig a new, sustainable well, and drilling was a huge success - hitting water that will supply not only the school, but also the entire surrounding community with water.
Read the Tania press release.
Find out more on the Tania page.
Ndatani
Located about 62 miles southwest of Nairobi, Ndatani School is quite rural and remote with poor water resources.
Sponsored in part by private donors, the deep well drilling hit a supply of water that is enough to provide water for the primary and secondary schools. In such a dry locale, this really is a big achievement.
Find out more on the Ndatani page. |
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A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR TECHNICAL TEAM!
 Cody Hudson, Katie Markovich, Wendy Robertson
and Kenyan native Mike Mutuku
Kenya, August 2012
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 Notes from the field...
This trip to Kenya was my first experience with applied hydrogeology in developing regions, and I definitely had my reservations going into it, but volunteering with Well Aware gave me firsthand experience of the myriad positive impacts hydrophilanthropy can have.
The highlights of the trip were definitely when we hit water first for the Tania Integrated Center and then for the Ndatani Secondary School. It was so rewarding to see how applied hydrogeology and engineering can bring water sustainability to life for the water-stressed communities, and nothing beats seeing the pure elation of the children and adults when water starts gushing out of the ground.
The rest of the trip included numerous visits to past, current, and future Well Aware projects, and I was really impressed with the careful planning and community involvement that goes in to each and every site. In particular, the Mithini Well was in great shape, and we were able to see the short-term success of the project in the form of their lush vegetable garden and exuberant children. This project may not be as big as some others, but to me it embodies the core goal of Well Aware and its success is incredibly motivating to continue working in hydrophilanthropy. Drilling wells for the sake of children having a chance at an education was incredibly meaningful to me and I look forward to future work with Well Aware!
Katie Markovich
Volunteer Hydrologist
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