Green Voices Kenya 2025: Clean Water and More Opportunities for the Women of Kaembeni
September 24th, 2025 _ In Kenya, 41% of the population lacks access to safe drinking water. In Kaembeni, Kilifi County, more than 332 children and their families face daily challenges due to irregular supply, saline water, and prolonged droughts. This situation has led to serious health problems, school absenteeism, and growing social vulnerability.
A critical challenge
The local population, mostly subsistence farmers or informal workers, lives under high levels of poverty, food insecurity, and limited access to basic services. Waterborne diseases such as diarrhea and skin infections are recurrent, affecting children’s health, concentration, and academic performance.
Kaembeni CDC depends on the municipal water provided by KIMWASCO—a supply that is saline, intermittent, and often contaminated. The current situation forces children to consume unsafe water or miss classes when no water is available. Families have raised concerns about the recurring waterborne illnesses, which frequently lead to absenteeism, poor concentration, and long-term health issues. Ensuring access to safe drinking water has become a priority in the region.
The solution: FreshRain
To address this situation, a FreshRain rainwater harvesting and purification system has been installed at the school. It is designed to provide over 650 liters of safe drinking water daily—three times the school’s current needs. Powered by solar energy and fully automated, the system uses a five-stage, chemical-free filtration process followed by UV sterilization, eliminating 99.99% of biological contaminants.
With a purification capacity of up to 250 liters per hour, this system—developed by the Kenyan start-up InspCorp—ensures a reliable water supply even during dry seasons. It will help reduce the incidence of disease, improve school attendance, and strengthen community resilience.
Beyond water: women’s entrepreneurship
The surplus water will also generate an economic opportunity: a women-led bottled water micro-enterprise.
A group of 200 women will receive training in leadership and entrepreneurship, water quality management, business administration, social transformation, and mindset change.
This holistic approach combines access to safe water with economic empowerment, sustainably impacting more than 1,350 people in the Kaembeni community.
A partnership for change
The Green Voices Kenya 2025 project is made possible through the collaboration of:
- InspCorp, a Kenyan start-up founded by three environmental scientists and three engineers.
- Women for Africa Foundation.
- Compassion International Kenya.
- Nourish & Flourish – International Christian Centre Mombasa.
- SHOFCO.
- Kaembeni CDC (KE0287).