Residents pump water. Filling a 20-litre can with water costs 3 Kenyan shillings. Life Force Kiosks' services aim to address three points where water contamination could occur: chlorine tablets for possible contamination through rusty pipes, jerry cans washed with soap to combat dirty containers, and eventually a third product: closed storage containers so water can't be contaminated in the home through contact.
Kenya: Clean Water as a Life Force
allAfrica, 13 September 2011
The streets of Gatwekera village in Nairobi's Kibera slum throng with people on a recent Sunday afternoon. Small shops and kiosks line the dirt paths separating brightly colored… Read more »
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Life Force Kiosks works in Gatwekera village, Kibera, supplying local water vendors with chlorine treatment and soap to clean jerrycans, which are sold to people as additional services. see more »
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