US Edition'Restoring dignity': Kenya slum exchange offers water for plastic
Since 2015, the project has provided over 50 million litres of water and more than one million uses of sanitation facilities to about 800 daily users, improving health and dignity.
- The Human Needs Project in Kibera, Kenya, exchanges recyclable plastics for water, toilets, and showers to meet residents' basic needs.
- Water and sanitation are scarce in Kibera, with cartels inflating prices up to ten times above normal, forcing residents to pay as much as $8 to $19 per cubic meter.
- Ms. Molly Aluoch, an 85-year-old birth attendant, collects plastics for green points that she redeems for clean bathroom access, joining about 100 women benefiting daily from the program.
- In 2024, HNP provided access to clean water totaling 11 million litres and facilitated 124,000 instances of bathroom and toilet use, benefiting approximately 800 people each day and enhancing sanitation availability.
- The project has restored dignity for women and girls, as Aluoch said green points let her access toilets anytime, and she prays the initiative spreads across Kibera to reach more women.
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The Straits TimesRestoring dignity: Kenya slum exchange offers water for plastic
NAIROBI: Using a crutch to bear her weight, 85-year-old Molly Aluoch trudges from her mud-walled room on the outskirts of a sprawling Nairobi slum, shouldering a sack of used plastic to exchange for a shower or a safe toilet. For the 31 years she has lived in Kibera, Kenya’s largest informal settlement, water and sanitation have remained scarce and costly — often controlled by
‘Restoring dignity’: Kenya slum exchange offers water for plastic
Using a crutch to bear her weight, 85-year-old Molly Aluoch trudges from her mud-walled room on the outskirts of a sprawling Nairobi slum, shouldering a sack of used plastic to exchange for a shower or a safe toilet. For the 31 years she has lived in Kibera, Kenya's largest informal settlement, water and sanitation have
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'Restoring dignity': Kenya slum exchange offers water for plastic
Using a crutch to bear her weight, 85-year-old Molly Aluoch trudges from her mud-walled room on the outskirts of a sprawling Nairobi slum, shouldering a sack of used plastic to exchange for a shower or a safe toilet.
In a Nairobi slum, an NGO offers women access to toilets and water in exchange for plastic waste. A way to stem the hygiene and hydration crisis that plagues
The 85-year-old Molly Aluoch, leaning on a crutch, has been moving hard from her small room with earth-covered walls. On her back, a bag of used plastics that she can exchange for a shower or a toilet.For 31 years she has lived in Kibera, the largest shantytown in the...
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