=== Kenya: intergenerational dialogue – water life and perspectives ===
''(picture ‘Toilet 2’)''
''Inaccessible pit latrines in Mathare''
'''Basic data: '''
(School)boys and girls between 11-15 acted as ‘community researchers’ in a monitoring process, asking older inhabitants (friends, family, municipal key persons etc) about their past and present life in Mathare, rural to urban migration, working conditions, family life, challenges of life and future prospects. There was a special focus on the perception of the actions and results in the context of water and sanitation and the improvements brought by the construction of water kiosks in Mathare. At the heart of the surveys were questions on what has changed for people in this respect, and what politics, business, local authorities and the younger and older inhabitants themselves can do to make changes more effective and sustainable.
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The intergenerational dialogue project was carried out jointly by GIZ-WSRP Kenya and the ‘New Socio-political Perspectives’ Group in Eschborn. The reports and biographies offer an authentic and reflective look at daily life situations in densely-populated low income urban areas like Mathare. The complete publication is available at [http://www.susana.org/ susana.org] or [http://www.susana.org/_resources/documents/default/2-2051-giz-bmzwater-life-and-perspectivesintergenerational-dialogue-in-mathare-kenya.pdf http://www.susana.org/_resources/documents/default/2-2051-giz-bmzwater-life-and-perspectivesintergenerational-dialogue-in-mathare-kenya.pdf here]
'''The key lessons of the story:'''
The intergenerational dialogue provides young and old people with a platform to exchange their perception of their water, sanitation and hygiene situation/context.
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===Project details===
'''Type of project: ''' Water Sector Reform Programme (WSRP)
'''Project period: ''' 9 years (01/04 – 12/12)
'''Start of operation: ''' January 2004
'''Project scale: ''' EUR 17,000,000 (Partner contribution around EUR 200,000)
''The Kenyan Government has implemented water sector reforms for the last ten years, including among other things developing and strengthening comprehensive pro-poor policies and putting in place new legal and institutional frameworks. Based on these policies and strategies, the Water Sector Reform Programme (WRSP), funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by GIZ under a BMZ commission, focuses on sustainable development through institutional and human capacity development. In close collaboration between water utilities, the Water Services Trust Fund (WSTF) and German financial cooperation (KfW), a number of water kiosks and public sanitation facilities have been built in low income areas since 2009.''
[https://www.giz.de/de/weltweit/19853.html giz.de/de/weltweit/19853.html]
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