SWIFT Story of Sustainable Change: The women of Lokichar, Turkana, gain access to clean, reliable water
Overview
The women of Nakalale Naduat-Lokichar village used to face long journeys to collect water from ‘scoop holes’ in riverbeds. They could carry just enough back with them for drinking and watering their goats, and had little time to look for food or work.
Under the SWIFT programme, Oxfam worked with the women to install a low-maintenance BluePump in the village itself, and the community is now able to access all the water it needs.
The women now have time to focus on their livelihoods, such as making charcoal to sell. They are setting up a management committee to collect water fees and ensure the pump is protected and maintained, and are determined to ensure its long-term sustainability.
Keywords
- Capacity building
- Community building
- Development methods
- Economic empowerment
- Health promotion
- Humanitarian practice
- Livelihoods
- Local Government
- Maternal and child health
- MDGs
- Millenium Development Goals
- Natural resources
- Participation
- Resource scarcity
- Sustainability
- Sustainable development
- WASH
- Water and sanitation
- WEL
- Women's Economic Leadership
Additional details
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
How to cite this resource
Citation styles vary so we recommend you check what is appropriate for your context. You may choose to cite Oxfam resources as follows:
Author(s)/Editor(s). (Year of publication). Title and sub-title. Place of publication: name of publisher. DOI (where available). URL
Our FAQs page has some examples of this approach.
