The 410 Bridge & H204K

Ngaamba
This community is in a semi-arid region that gets extremely limited rainfall. When The 410 Bridge first partnered with this community, the people had little hope for the future of the community, and could not see past the need for water.

With this crucial need, The 410 Bridge immediately executed water as the first project in Ngaamba. With service teams and the people of Ngaamba working together, phase one of this project is complete and water is running in Ngaamba for the first time.

Ngaamba already had existing boreholes in the ground creating access to water, but they had no pipes to distribute it. In phase one, we installed pipes that distribute water from the existing boreholes to a holding tank where the people can collect the water. The overall goal is to place other water tanks throughout the six sub-villages, making it easier for the people to access the water. The plan for early 2008 is to install two more tanks and piping into two villages, and then install two more at the end of the year.

Joska
Joska is similar to the project we are doing in Ngaamba, in that we need to distrbute water to strategically placed holding tanks throughout the community. This community has no existing access to water, so the first phase of this project will be to drill one to three boreholes to access the water from underground. From there, we will install pipes to distribute the water to the holding tanks.

Joska is in the process of raising 10% percent of the funds to purchase land to begin this water project. They are close to raising the needed funds, and we expect to start this project by spring of this year.

Segera
Segera is a new 410 Bridge community, and like most communities, water is the top need. To create water distribution, we need to repair existing boreholes, and possibly drill new ones. This community also needs a pump to pull water from the river that will flow through pipes to a series of tanks strategically located throughout the sub-villages of the community. We are currently working with the leadership council of this community to begin work on this project in June of 2008.

Karima and Kwambekenya
Water projects will be combined for these neighboring communities. The plan is to construct piping that will pull from the water source in the mountains and flow to both of these communities. Plan is to start project this summer.

Karogoto
Phase one of their project is complete and water is flowing to a holding tank that has created easier access for the community. Before this project, the people, often children, were making a difficult trek from the river up a steep mountain carrying heavy buckets of water. In 2007, service teams worked with Karogto to install a pump and piping that pulled water from the river to a holding tank in the town center at the top of the mountain.

In the next phase of the project, we will create a filtration and treatment system for the water being pumped from the river. Once the filtration system is in place, we can begin distributing the water to other areas of the community.

It's remarkable how much joy and hope these water projects bring to the communities. It is hard to imagine rejoicing over water, because it is something we have never been without here in America. However in Kenya, water means life, which also means future.

H2O4K has started with great success, and with so many churches continuously raising funds, we anticipate more projects to be implemented and more success to come.