Luvambo Community B, Kenya

Completion date: 10/2018
Number served: 322

“I’m truly witnessing a miracle. We have been having safe water shortage[s] for decades . . . We are now happy and settled in our minds knowing that water is the least of our problems.” — Gladys Tembo. 

This stick floor is typical of the unsanitary, unsafe floors used in most latrines. Since people have been known to fall through these surfaces, many people choose to relieve themselves in the bushes instead.

Each spring protection project includes five concrete sanitation platforms, like this one, for latrine floors.