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Kibera Solutions
and management
- International aid
- A British charity has been made
responsible for low cost roofing tiles
made of sand and clay by adding lime
and natural fibre to soil to create
blocks used for building that are
cheaper than concrete.
- The united nations' human settlement
programme (UN Habitat) has provided
affordable electricity to some parts of the
shanty town at 300 shillings per shack.
- Improving sanitation is more difficult as
progress is slow. Charities such as the red
cross are supporting the improvements.
Gap year students are encouraged to go to
kibera to oversee the spending and to help
co-ordinate efforts.
- The world bank has provided a main
water pipe into the shanty town with a
small price for clean water at 3 shillings
per 20 litres.
- more than 75% of the
residents lack access to
sufficient clean water.
- more than 75% of the
residents lack access to
sufficient clean water.
- Umande Trust, a
well-established NGO is
working in different parts of
Kibera settlements to improve
sanitation through erection of
biogas toilets which are also
sources of energy through
production of biogas and
methane.
- This development of the biogas latrines
has come in handy and now helps the
community because of the low cost
charged per visit. The bio- latrine uses the
technology of airless digestion to transform
human waste into fertilizer and gas
suitable for uses like cooking, heating,
lighting etc this therefore generates a
sizeable amount of energy. Consequently,
the community is able to properly dispose
human waste and at the same time reduce
pollution and environmental degradation.
- This development of the biogas latrines
has come in handy and now helps the
community because of the low cost
charged per visit. The bio- latrine uses the
technology of airless digestion to transform
human waste into fertilizer and gas
suitable for uses like cooking, heating,
lighting etc this therefore generates a
sizeable amount of energy. Consequently,
the community is able to properly dispose
human waste and at the same time reduce
pollution and environmental degradation.
- A British charity has been made
responsible for low cost roofing tiles
made of sand and clay by adding lime
and natural fibre to soil to create
blocks used for building that are
cheaper than concrete.
- Government efforts
- A water pipe provided from the
council with a small cost of 3
shillings per 20 litres.
- In Kibera shanty towns, the cost of water is
seven times higher than that paid by
people in high-income settlements
served by the Nairobi Water and Sewage
Company.
- In Kibera shanty towns, the cost of water is
seven times higher than that paid by
people in high-income settlements
served by the Nairobi Water and Sewage
Company.
- Massive new ring road to reduce
congestion at the transport links
nearby and installed a metro system in
cairo.
- The government has recently started a major
shanty town resettlement plan, building big new
concrete tower blocks to replace the unsightly
sprawling shacks which occupy premium real
estate in the heart of the city. But the Kibera
residents are sceptical about whether this is a
genuine solution to the challenges of the shanty
town.
- Adopt-A-Light was set in 2002 to assist light the city of Nairobi in
collaboration with the Nairobi’s city council and has erected lighting
masts in Kibera shanty towns. In 2005, the UN-Habitat’s shanty town Lighting Project
was commissioned to assist with lighting the city. These two initiatives
have helped in providing light in Kibera shanty towns among other shanties in the
city.
- A water pipe provided from the
council with a small cost of 3
shillings per 20 litres.
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