Baringo County partners with World Vision in Sh 1.2 billion development projects

Kabarnet, Thursday, 18, May, 2023

KNA by Gloria Cheboi/Christopher Kiprop

Baringo County government has entered into a five-year development partnership programme with World Vision targeting to transform the lives of vulnerable households.

World Vision Kenya Director Gilbert Kamanga said that the development projects worth Sh 1.2 billion will be implemented in Tiaty East, Tiaty West, parts of Baringo North and South in an effort to transform the area.

Kamanga was speaking at Baringo County Headquarters in Kabarnet Town during the official signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two entities on Wednesday.

He said the joint initiatives majorly aim at ensuring children live a happy life and grow to responsible adults.

“One of the aims of the programmes is to ensure that every household has access to clean water to ensure children don’t have diseases and don’t struggle to get water, they just wake up and prepare for school therefore creating a higher pass rate for both boys and girls,” the country Director said.

Kamanga said the first initiative which has kicked off under the partnership is the implementation of Chesawany- Kinyach water project worth Sh 28 million in Bartabwa and Barwesa Wards which is expected to increase access to clean water for over 1,100 households.

The MOU, the country Director said is important as it seeks to protect children especially girls who are susceptible to various forms of abuses like Female Genital Mutilation, Early marriages and child pregnancy while on their way to fetch water in faraway water points.

“We have a big dream of ensuring that every household has sustainable income therefore we must ensure that we protect the environment where people live,” he said.

Kamanga added that the co-financing partnership will help improve the sustainability of the projects undertaken as well align their efforts with the County Government's Integrated Development plan (CIDP).

Governor Cheboi said the partnership with World Vision will supplement the county government's efforts of improving the quality of lives for residents.

Cheboi stated that better health can be achieved through clean portable water which can also be used to improve agricultural productivity by focusing on horticulture, bee keeping, apiculture, fishing and livestock keeping.

The county boss stated that the MOU will allow them to jointly focus on changing the standards of education in the county beginning with early education phase.

Deputy Governor Felix Maiyo in his remarks said environmental conservation is a real challenge in the county and that a lot will be achieved through the partnership.

He lauded World Vision for their support in the education sector saying school going children will now benefit from a feeding program that will enable them to remain in school as they focus on their studies and in turn enable them achieve good grades.

Courtesy; K.N.A