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Sustainable water and sanitation services for the urban poor in Nairobi
conference contribution
posted on 2018-02-12, 15:08 authored by Kariuki MugoSlum dwellers in Nairobi constitute the majority of the city’s population, with an estimated 60 per cent of the official
total population of 2.85 million people living in slums and informal settlements. This is a devastating statistic bearing
in mind that this population lacks basic access to water supply and environmental sanitation services and has led to
various environmental problems and high poverty levels. This paper draws the experiences of Maji na Ufanisi (Water
& Development, a Kenyan NGO, in providing these basic services to slum dwellers in the city. This has been through
facilitation of community organizations to undertake provision of these services, by innovative integration of water supply
and environmental sanitation services provision and enterprise development. In experiences drawn from implementation
of this project, it is arguably conclusive that established community groups can sustain provision of WES services as a
way of widening their economic livelihoods.
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MUGO, K., 2006. Sustainable water and sanitation services for the urban poor in Nairobi. IN: Fisher, J. (ed). Sustainable development of water resources, water supply and environmental sanitation: Proceedings of the 32nd WEDC International Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 13-17 November 2006, pp. 153-156.Publisher
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