What Makes Us Different
What makes Clean Water Kenya different is that we work in what's known as a 'semi-arid' region of the Eastern Rift Valley. Our base of operation is the Ewaso Clinic located not far from the Suswa Conservancy Area approximately 50 kilometers due west of Nairobi in...
Bomba Construction – Building a Maasai Hut
Typical materials used in the construction of Maasai huts, or Bomba, are cow dung, mud, sticks, grass, human urine and ash. The walls are made of these materials and the roof can be made from almost anything: sticks, reeds, tin or anything that will lay flat. The...
Nairobi “Cart Boy”
Nothing is simple in Kenya. From purchasing medicines to delivering Water Filtration Systems to the interior, every step seems to bring with it a challenge. Whether it be the paperwork or traffic or the roads themselves, we see these challenges as opportunities. We're...
Our First Seminar – March 2016
This was an exciting trip. A good personal friend from the Iraq War, Dan 'Lucky Dog' Svoboda from Wisconsin, travelled with me this time. He had supported us in the past and wanted to see first-hand the work we do. He wasn't disappointed. We planned on doing something...
Maasai Land Seminar – March 2016
On March 19th, 2016 Clean Water Kenya held a seminar in the Sairashe Region of Maasai Land where representatives of 69 Maasai villages attended. We taught the Maasai how to construct, use and maintain our Portable Water Filtration Systems. It was a great success! We...
Maasai Water Filtration Test Plot
In October 2015 We Set Up A Test Plot Of 16 Maasai Villages In The Rift Valley. After consulting with Barnabas Mutua and Dr. Mereu of the Ewaso Clinic in September 2015, we decided to set up a 'Test Plot' in the area surrounding the small town of Ewaso. Dr. Mereu...
Delivering Water Filtration Systems to Kenya’s Rift Valley
Judy and I landed in Nairobi at 08:30pm local time 24 hours after departing Newark, NJ. Two flight changes and two lost bags later we arrived at our hotel. The two pieces of lost luggage contained the reason for our being in Kenya - our Portable Water Filtration...