Funded by Forever 21, inspired by our partners at Mighty Fine Inc., The Samburu Project will drill and install a shallow well equipped with a handpump in the Laresoro community.

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Women in this community spend most of their time looking for water. Children do not attend school because of the lack of clean water. Mothers and their children walk 8 km to a shallow hand-dug well for water currently. Waterborne diseases are on the rise.

The community will benefit in the following ways: reduced distance to water point, decline in waterborne diseases, and increased time for women to attend to other productive business.

The well will be used for the following: domestic purposes and livestock, farming, and as a community meeting point.