Huruma Water Treatment Project
"This project showcases affordable and sustainable technology and demonstrates that modest investments can have a significant impact"
The Meckow Aquapur Unit that we donated to the Hurumu Slum Village Community has recently been inaugurated in the presence of Ambassador Cicogna Mozzoni and representatives from UNHabitat.
We are very proud to be a part of the initiative to provide 3000 litres of clean, safe drinking water each hour to this community of 4000 people. Having access to safe water is something that most of us take for granted; to have to collect water in buckets from the nearest river or stream is a hardship that faces the majority of Nairobi slum dwellers.
Even when they have sourced the water it is often of a very dangerous quality, carrying disease. 
The operations and maintenance costs of the facility will be met by selling water to the local community at 1.50Ksh (0.01p)for 20 litres.
This will also encourage ‘ownership’ and appreciation of the equipment. Any excess funds that are generated will be used to upgrade other requirements within the community. The Meckow unit that was provided by the Order of Malta Embassy in Kenya was made possible through the generosity of the Foreign Aid Service of the British Association of the Order of Malta.