@nrt_kenya

class="content__text" It’s World Water Day! Today our focus shifts to the Leiyai community who inhabit the semi-arid lands surrounding the densely forested Marsabit National Park. For years, the Leiyai community in Songa Community Conservancy has been relying on an old water supply connection in a nearby forest to access clean water. This connection has been broken by elephants for some time, resulting in a water shortage. In the last two years, the situation became dire and was aggravated by insecurity, placing women and girls at risk as they had to trek five kilometers to fetch water from a nearby village. In 2022, NRT repaired the broken water supply system in the Conservancy with the support of @AFD_France . New water pipelines were laid and a 100,000-litre storage tank was installed to supply water to the Leiyai community. This has made life better and easier for the community. #WorldWaterDay @rainforesttrust | Fonds Français pour l'Environnement Mondial

March 23, 2023