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CHEPKEBIT YEAR-1 PROGRESS REPORT

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Community Profile
Location:
Narok County
Community members served:
2,000
Students:
367 (After SAV Program)
Implementing Partner:
pillar-educationEducation Update

BEFORE Sponsor A Village:
  • Dilapidated, overcrowded and unsafe classrooms
  • Irregular attendance due to sickness and extreme poverty
  • Girls as young as 10 years old forced into early marriage
  • Children must work as laborers to help their family survive
  • High illiteracy rate

AFTER Sponsor A Village:
  • Construction of 2 new classrooms completed
  • Each classroom fully outfitted with 40 desks, a chalkboard and supplies
  • 200 community members gathered to celebrate the ground-breaking of the new classrooms, signifying the importance of this project for the community and their investment in their children’s education
  • Construction of 3rd classroom is underway
pillar-clean-waterWater & Sanitation Update

BEFORE Sponsor A Village:
  • Households have no access to clean water
  • Women and girls must walk up to 4.5 miles to the nearest water sources, which are open and contaminated
  • Dilapidated and damaged latrines discourage attendance and spread illness
  • Communicable diseases are rampant due to contaminated drinking water & poor sanitation

AFTER Sponsor A Village:
  • 3 new latrine blocks constructed
  • Teachers, male students and female students each have a separate blocks
  • Dedicated latrine blocks for boys, girls and teachers increase school attendance, particularly among girls
  • Workshops educated community members on clean water, good sanitation practices and rainwater harvesting, improving the incidence of waterborne illnesses and the community’s resilience to fluctuating water availability
pillar-nutritionFood & Nutrition Update

BEFORE Sponsor A Village:
  • No school lunches
  • Malnutrition from insufficient diet
  • Lack of local water source and drought conditions contribute to low crop yields
  • Extensive deforestation has caused severe erosion, reducing agricultural output

AFTER Sponsor A Village:
  • All students receive a nutritious meal at school, improving overall health and boosting their ability to focus and learn
  • Community members participated in 7 agricultural trainings covering a variety of topics, including agroforestry, crop production, dairy farming and poultry rearing
  • Community members received and planted 131 tree saplings in the community to improve soil quality and reduce erosion
pillar-healthcareHealthcare Update

BEFORE Sponsor A Village:
  • High childhood mortality rate
  • Waterborne and other preventable illnesses are rampant
  • Extremely limited local health infrastructure

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AFTER Sponsor A Village:
  • All students at the school receive regular de-worming treatments
  • Health education workshops teach children proper hand-washing and hygiene techniques, reducing the incidence of preventable diseases
pillar-incomeIncome Training & Empowerment Update

BEFORE Sponsor A Village:
  • Entire community suffering in extreme poverty
  • Periods of severe drought impede income earning potential

AFTER Sponsor A Village:
  • A women’s opportunity group and youth opportunity group have been formed and meet regularly
  • The 22 members of the Fanaka Women’s Group meet regularly and contribute to the group’s saving and merry-go-round loan program
  • All 20 members of the Chepkebit Konyon Youth Group meet weekly and contribute to the group’s saving and merry-go-round loan program
  • Both groups participated in various alternative income trainings; members learned to distribute loans, and how to facilitate and record their own meetings moving forward

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Implementation Plan for Chepkebit