1. Promoting Human Rights in Urban Water and Sanitation in Nairobi, Kenya
UMANDE TRUST
Promoting Human Rights in Urban Water and Sanitation in Nairobi, Kenya $ Z # Y O n g o i B l a t r e s C m p d N b 1 2 3 4 5 K
Nairobi
Completed Biolatrines
Ongoing Biolatrines
Kisumu -Nyalenda
(Mathare, Westlands, Kibera,
Mukuru, Korogocho villages)
Replication of similar projects to Kisumu

2. The City of Concept
NACHU

4. The City of Contempt

5. A Sanitation Crisis

6. Water
Households buy water from water kiosks at prices 4 to 5 times higher than tariffs charged by Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company.
Dilapidated pipes cause wastage and expose water to contamination.

7. Progressive Realization
Our rights-based approach seeks to focus on the obligation of state and non-state actors to:-
Respect
Protect and
Fulfill
The Right to safe, affordable, adequate water and bio-sanitation services

8. Kenya’s New Constitution
Promulgated on 27th August 2010 after over 20 years of concerted citizen advocacy
Article 43:- `Every Person has the right to…….
b) to accessible & adequate housing and to reasonable standards of sanitation;
d) to clean and safe water in adequate quantities’

9. Construction and Effective Use of Bio-Centres
Community Members and artisans constructing a bio-sanitation facility – one of the 40 such bio-centres in Nairobi
The Flame
Excavation Process by the community Members
Dome construction
A complete Dome
Construction of the Superstructure
A complete Bio-Center
Burning of Bio - Gas

10. The front view of Gatwekera Tosha Bio-Centre
Open Hall: Operating as a
cafeteria
CBO’s office and Rental offices
Toilets and bathrooms

11. Harnessing Biogas from Human Waste

12. Series of Community Sessions

13. Water Storage Tanks

14. KEY INNOVATIONS
Community-led advocacy on the right to water and sanitation (alternative budgets, petitions, coalitions and international partnerships with agencies such as COHRE
Demonstrating construction governance in which communities take the lead in planning, designing, costing, procuring and constructing.
Using anaerobic technology that converts human waste into bio-gas and contributes to environmental sustainability by reducing carbon emissions.
Community members holding monthly review meetings and accountability sessions
Demonstrating successful partnerships among NGOs, local authority, water providers, international agencies, private sector and communities.
Enhancing community ownership through promoting shareholding in urban water and sanitation services to enable members earn dividends and improve local economic development

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