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Advocacy

Over the years, MnU has expanded its focus beyond Water and Environmental Sanitation (WES) delivery to become a key player in water and sanitation governance advocacy in Kenya, Africa (through the Africa Civil Society Network on Water and Sanitation - ANEW) and at the Global level

Research

MnU has partnered with universities and like minded organizations to research, document and publish best practices and lessons learnt as a means of ensuring that other actors get to know the informative results that we have so far achieved; information that will lead to replication and scaling up

Innovative Approaches and Models

Through experience and learning, Maji na Ufanisi has developed several approaches and models that it uses in its work. Examples of these approaches and models include the Integrated Community Development Approach and the Maji Enterprise Model among many others

MnU in the Communities

Maji na Ufanisi has carried out activities in the informal settlements in Nairobi, rural areas such as Kativani and Marsabit as well as small towns like Naivasha. MnU works with numerous CBOs that form the large base of the organization’s implementing partners.

Awards and Recognition

Over the years, Maji na Ufanisi has been variously recognized for its high quality support to disadvantaged Kenyans. In the past, Maji na Ufanisi has been awarded with the National Human Settlements Award by the Government of Kenya as well as the MILGAP Award by the UN HABITAT

MnU in Schools

Maji na Ufanisi carries out Water, Sanitation and Hygiene interventions as well as supplementing City Council efforts in public schools, particularly those adjacent to the informal settlements

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Welcome to Maji na Ufanisi

Maji na Ufanisi (MnU) is a unique organization. We are an award-winning Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) working in partnership with local communities, schools, research institutions, universities, government, donor agencies and the private sector to bring innovative water and environmental sanitation solutions to poor and disadvantaged people in Kenya.

Indeed, our organization has gained expertise in building the capacity of grassroots communities and institutions to analyze and address their development. In the last 13 years, we have supported Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and local level NGOs to reach the neediest and most vulnerable groups in Nairobi’s informal settlements as well as in small towns and rural areas of Kenya.

MnU works with these organizations to establish basic Water and Environmental Sanitation (WES) capabilities within the communities and to improve their ability to sustainably access and manage these important economic resources. MnU has extensive experience in community organizing and invests a lot of effort in building social capital, which is very crucial for the successful implementation and sustainability of community development projects. Experience has shown that, effective community mobilization can lead to genuine democracy, representative, fair leadership and responsible, collective management of community assets.

Publish 11 months ago by Robert Magori

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Water is connected to the Silanga Facilities

In the Silanga Village of Kibera slum, there are eight sanitation facilities that were constructed by the Rotary International through local partners. Unfortunately, these facilities were either poorly maintained or the Community Based Organizations (CBOs) running them ran into problems thus making the facilities not achieve their intended purpose. To compound this problem, since the facilities were constructed in 2008, they have never had water.

Maji na Ufanisi in association with the University of Denver and the Rotary Club of Denver South East agreed to revive the Silanga Water Sanitation Project under an initiative named Global WaSHES (formerly Kibera Working Group) being an initiative to address the water and sanitation needs of the people, particularly the poor in the informal settlement of Kibera.

As earlier stated, none of the eight facilities were connected to the main water lines and this greatly hindered the provision of toilet and bathroom services to the people of Silanga Village. One of the key objectives of the revival of this project was to ensure that water is connected to these facilities.

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Newsflash

The work on the sanitation facility in Kambi Muru village of the Kibera informal settlement is ongoing. The construction of the toilet blocks and water points has begun with communities appreciating the partnership between Maji na Ufanisi and the Hungarian Maltese Charity Service. Photos of the groundbreaking as well as the construction work of this facility will soon be availed on facebook and twitter.

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