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Water Rights Are Human Rights Kenya

Without a centralized system to bring water into the community, women in rural parts of Kenya are forced to carry heavy loads of water great distances, backbreaking work that drains hours of their time each day. This arduous trek often robs women and girls of the chance to go to school, seek other work, and devote their energies to their community’s development. The long walk alone to water sources far from home also puts them at risk of being sexually assaulted.

MADRE and the Indigenous Information Network (IIN) are working with indigenous women to set up pipeline systems that will deliver water to their community and to construct tanks for water storage during the dry season. These measures will safeguard and protect a clean water supply and help to guarantee the human right to water.