NACHU has partnered
with Umande Trust to provide affordable and convenient ways of irrigating crops
using recycled bathroom and kitchen water.
The move is expected to
boost Umande Trusts Portfolio and increase new irrigation penetration
technologies in Kenya. The deal was officially signed today between NACHU of
Kenya, and Umande.
National
Cooperation Housing Union (NACHU) is an apex organization made of registered
primary housing cooperatives. NACHU works to provide affordable and decent
housing to Kenyans within the low and modest income communities. They are in
the process of constructing low cost houses that are affordable to people that
live in areas of informal settlement
It is apparent that Ruai area, which is a dry area, receives very little rainfall and thus farming especially in the dry seasons
seems very difficult. The cost of buying water is also very high; hence, the
partnership between Umande Trust and NACHU in which Umande Trust undertakes to place
drilled tanks in excavated sites where ballast, soil and fine sand are measured
and poured in the tank. The diffuser plates made from basins are then
strategically positioned in the tank which is connected to a collecting bucket.
The whole system is then connected to the kitchen and bathroom pipe, where
water will flow into the tank.
30
houses will undertake the project which will therefore help the residents to
grow crops throughout the year without worrying about water availability.
Written by : Electa Rosana
Edited by : Sandrah Oteba
