Improving access to infrastructure services
Practical Action East Africa, Aim 3
Programme aim 3: To improve the access of poor women and men to locally managed infrastructure services.
- Technology that improves locally managed water and sanitation facilities
- Modern, clean sustainable energy services (including cooking technologies)
- Technologies for municipal solid waste management
- Information on improving the access of poor women and men to the resources,support and infrastructure they need to build their livelihoods
Our programmes are committed to waste as little as possible, recycle wherever we can and promote use of renewable energies. The projects strive to assist communities living in urban and peri-urban areas, especially in informal settlements across the country, to enjoy better and healthier living environment and gain access to income opportunities through being involved in the provision of services such as water, proper waste disposal and recycling, sanitation and energy.
Recent reports from this programme
Improved water and sanitation services
Like most slums, the main challenge in Mukuru, Nairobi, is the basic lack of water points and toilets. But the challenges of getting piped water and sanitation services safely are complex. By building relationships between slum residents, local water vendors and the local water company, Practical...
Read moreTotal sanitation in Nakuru slums
Many of us are used to having a toilet in our homes. Some of us have two or three. In the Nakuru slums, one toilet is shared by up to 240 people. Imagine what that must be like. Practical Action launched an ambitious project in March 2012, funded by Comic Relief, which will improve the qua...
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