12 New Toilets

Murindu Highway Primary School

About the Project: With a student population of more than 1,560 that grows by the week, Murindu Primary can never get enough toilets. A few toilets were built recently—six doors for girls and five doors plus a urinal for boys—with about as many older pit latrines that are almost full and soon to be condemned. Adding 12 new toilets with septic tanks will respond to the immediate need and provide longer-lasting toilets that can be pumped out. A small water catchment system will also increase the frequency of handwashing.

About the Site: Murindu Primary is a busy school in the Gilgil Sub-county of Nakuru County, with more than 1,400 students enrolled from preschool to Grade 8. The school is registered, with 26 school teachers and 2 early childhood development teachers, and has been supported locally, with several stone classrooms already built and in fairly good repair. However, many of the classes—especially at the middle school level—are being taught in dirt-floor buildings made from metal sheets or fencing boards.

​ Cost: $27,000
Major Donors: Victor Maris
Partner Donors: TBD
Location: Nakuru, Kenya
Project Manager: Eric Rajah (Canada), Lawrence Mathea (Kenya)