We work together with families to assist them in improving their living environment. They provide everything they can and we fund the rest, so that together we can ensure the children, youth, and adults can practice proper hygiene, feel secure at home, and enjoy dignity within their community.
Many families we assist live in homes with leaky roofs, or lack access to hygienic pit latrines. Through a collaborative effort called Healthy Homes, our staff in Kenya work with families to find a solution together. Typically, this means we fund materials like cement and iron sheets, while the families provide wood, labor, and whatever materials they can afford. Through this collaboration, Healthy Homes has assisted dozens of families to live with safer and healthier home environments. We also work with families to ensure they have a traditional kitchen separate from the house, keeping unhealthy wood smoke from filling the living environment and significantly extending the lifetime of a new roof.