by Hattie Hasan | Oct 20, 2015 | Join us in Kenya, Media, Speaking, Trip to Kenya, Water
The real work of fixing and improving the rainwater harvesting system begins. In Kenya, rainwater is mostly not harvested. We’re going to use low tech methods so the system can be easily maintained. Very heavy rain again overnight. We came down to quiet as the...
by Hattie Hasan | Oct 19, 2015 | Join us in Kenya, Media, Speaking, Trip to Kenya, Water
The work on the plumbing begins in earnest. The planning for this phase of fixing and improving the rainwater harvesting system is done, now it’s time for the preparatory work here at KACH in Kenya. Less heavy rain this time, but the Meru water that supplies our...
by Hattie Hasan | Oct 19, 2015 | Join us in Kenya, Media, Speaking, Trip to Kenya, Water
We fell asleep to the sound of incredibly heavy rainfall and thought of it all being lost due to no real system for collecting it. After a very good night inside our mosquito nets we woke to the sound of birds and children. Downstairs, breakfast waited. The children...
by Hattie Hasan | Oct 19, 2015 | For Customers, Hattie, Join us in Kenya, Media, Speaking, Trip to Kenya, Water
Our second day was one of travel from the traffic filled mayhem of Nairobi up to the mountainous region of Meru, to Kithoka Amani Children’s Home (KACH), in the foothills of Mount Kenya. Gradually the houses and shops thinned out and as we got higher we travelled from...
by Hattie Hasan | Oct 18, 2015 | Join us in Kenya, Trip to Kenya, Uncategorized, Water
A diary of Stopcocks Women Plumbers long planned first trip to Kenya; Day 1. The 12 and a half hour overnight journey went well, but we hardly slept with excitement. We landed at Nairobi at 7.30am and were met by Peter, our driver and Leo, a friend of seven years, but...
by Hattie Hasan | Sep 7, 2015 | For Customers, Join us in Kenya, Water
Coming Soon – Stopcocks Clean Water Project – Kithoka, Kenya 20th October-3rd November 2015 You can still join us We’ve checked the flights and there are still a few spaces stopping over for just a few hours in Istanbul and so keeping the...
