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Joshua Machinga
is the director of Village Volunteers program for producing
the ceramic filters in Kiminini. He heads a program of
sustainable agriculture, education and health for the
village of about 5,000 inhabitants. The Village Volunteers
Kiminini project will be capable of producing 10,000 filter
pots per year providing clean, disease-free water for
families living in that region near the major city of
Kitale, home to 500,000 Kenyans. |
In
photos below, clockwise from left, a villager takes a sample of
water his villagers use for drinking and cooking; Village
Volunteers and Kenyan water project leaders discuss plans for the
ceramic water filter project; Lorris, a Canadian representative of
Potters for Peace, surveys the manufacturing site with Joshua;
racks of clay-formed ceramic filters are dried before being coated
and fired in the village kiln. Potters for Peace partners with
Village Volunteers in working with Kiminini leaders.
Our
thanks to Bill Austin for these photos, taken during his trip to
Kiminini in July, 2008
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Above from left,
a Kiminini mom hopes her infant child's future
health outlook will be improved through the
availability of clean water finally free of waterborne
disease; young girl in center photo needs
a scholarship so she can attend the Pathfinder
academy (below); retired engineer Bill Austin will be
Village Volunteers "man on the scene" in Kiminini
again in May and shows that he has high
hopes for the Clean Water Project supported by
Woodinville Rotary. |
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