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Clean water misson has help the community in a great way; this is how we serve the community. Cholera, typhoid and water related diseases have been common problem in miwani area.

In this village, water that is used for drinking, cooking and other domestic purposes is typically drawn from the wells using a bucket attached to a rope, and many of the wells are partially open or lacking adequate covers, allowing dirt, waste and contaminations to drip in. This has resulted in many cases of cholera, typhoid and many water related diseases. This is a continual problem because the villagers have no knowledge and financial means to treat the wells and boreholes.

The organization has offered to treats the wells by pouring a measured amount of chlorine and WaterGaurd into it. Thus, Restoring Hopes is now able to treat about 20 wells a day and a total of 300 wells three times a month using ten dozen of chlorine/water guard.

It cost approximately US $ 300 to treat 300 wells three times a month; this includes other cost like transportation cost and materials. There has been financial challenge in this mission but we have to work beyond our means for if we do not continue with this project, then there will be more disasters.

Imarisha Maishi vijijini project is A livelihood project which aims at improving the living standards of the of the rural poor. Imarisha Maisha Vijiji is a Swahili words meaning” Improved Local community Livelihood”. This project was initiated by Restoring Hopes, a nonprofit making organization with the following main objectives:

Increase the food security in the areas of operations by encouraging Agri-business amongst local community. The programmes promotes planting of drought resistant crops like cassava, sorghum etc and adoptions of new farming technologies like use of greenhouses, drip irrigations, use of shade nets.

Water harvesting technologies for agricultural use: constructions of water pans in areas experiencing run offs, constructions of water ways, constructions of water tanks for storage of rain water.
Marketing of farm produce from the local community: this entails market research and analysis, bulk marketing, establishment of point of sales and planting of market driven produce.
Value addition programme: this targets improvement of quality seeds and animals.
Use of easily available local resources to fight poverty through innovations and creativity: rural communities have a lot of untapped potentials which can improve the living standards of the local community, for instance, local are encouraged to use farm made manures which they can as well sell to other people in need, Biomass can be used to produce electricity for both commercial and home use. Readily available clay soil is also used to make energy saving Jikos for rural use hence conserving the environment. Local residents are also encouraged to do collect plastics containers and polyethylene bags for recycling.

Restoring hopes community based organization initiated save a life program as a humanitarian program aimed at respond to emergencies occurrence within the community of its area of operations. This program was initiated after the organizations came face to face with human sufferings during the occurrence of natural calamities like floods, fire, deaths, landslides and conflicts leading to the displacement of people.

This program has been one of the success stories the CBO has ever had since its initiations. The quick response by the projects volunteers have saved lives of many people many and restored hopes to hopeless victims.

The objectives of save a life program are:

Provisions of habitat to the victims of the natural disasters. The program has been able to provide tents for victims of fire and floods, displaced people and run away children. The programs have also been able to build houses for neediest victims of the society.
Setting up of the income generating activities to sustain the victims of natural calamities. To avoid over reliance and dependence on aids wherever the tragedy strike, SAVE A LIFE PROGRAM, has been able to help many victims to come up with sustainable income generating activities, such as setting up of poultry keeping, installation of hatcheries, start a small scale business noon fast moving goods and providing seed capital for table banking to make victims access cheaper and reliable credit facility.

Stay free from sexual exploitation project is a sub project implemented by Restoring Hopes Community Based Organization which targets sexual exploitations red sport areas within our area of operations namely:

Awasi: This is the area where there is sex for water amongst women, there is apparent water poverty in this area hence forcing women to go for water at the wee hours of night un accompanied by their husbands, to fetch water at one available water point, making them vulnerable to sex predators. Very many cases of rapes have been reported amongst young women, which have also been highlighted in mainstream media. Restoring Hopes CBO has been highlighted the plights of affected women and has acquired 6,000 liters trailer water tank to supply the community with a clean water at affordable rates, though this is not enough.

b) Prostitutions amongst teenagers and young women as a result of the area being the terminal of long distant truck drivers, Awasi market has been turned to be sexual exploitations area since the area attracts very many long distance truck drivers who are basically promoting commercial sexual work in this poverty stricken area hence attracting many vulnerable school going children. Restoring Hopes CBO is working with Most At Risk People (MARPS) and People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in this area to carry out sensitizations on dangers related to risky behaviors.

2. Primitive Cultural Practices promoting Risky sexual behaviors: Some of the African community cultural practices are directly promoting sexual exploitations amongst women and girl child. In Luo community where we operate most of cultural practices are deemed fulfilled through sexual intercourse, for instance before planting season, during harvesting, initiation to adulthood, marriage, after burial ceremonies must be followed by sexual intercourse. The glorifications of sexual intercourse amongst these community leads to violations of human rights and dignity and failure to observe it leads to someone being branded ”outcast” and rejection from the society. Restoring Hopes CBO has been working with victims of such sexual exploitation by providing them with alternative homes and taking legal actions against the offenders and training the paralegal.