Our Projects
Improving Health care Services in Kenya through Tele-health Technology
Rotary Club of Milimani in partnership with E-club Silicon Valley Smart Village,
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) A Rotary club of Los-Altos (California, USA), Branson-Hollister (Missouri, USA, Rotary District 5170
(California, USA, appreciating that there are not enough doctors to support even the most rudimentary health care services developed a project to partner with Global Telehealth Network (GDN), a non-profit organization of volunteers physicians and
other health care professional to offer online consultation to assist heath workers
in medically under-served areas in Narok area and Siaya areas.
The project being highly technical, all our IT Guru’s lead by Rotarian Rose Fina
Barasa, PR director George Kigo and Rtn Sir Paul Peter Esq were at hand to offer
the much-needed technical advice and support. Rotarian Dan Ogolla wearing two
hats, as the Director of Matibabu foundation and a member of Rotary club of
Milimani, together with our PE Jackie Musyoka took the lead in providing the
project management skills befitting of a project with such high complexity and
highly technical in nature. The role played by our IPP Dr Phillip Simani, who
understood the operating medical environment and policies, was crucial during
the project development stage. Our legal minds also felt they would not be left
behind and our PP Beauttah Siganga was always at hand to review all our MOU’s
and project documents to ensure that the documents we append our signature’s
to are coherent and in line with our club principles both in spirit and content.
Furaha Community Secondary school Sanitation project: 36,147USD
A Water purification project and storage tanks for Furaha Community Secondary
School and surrounding areas, with the objective of installing a purification
system, storage for 100,000 liters, a biodigester and toilets for proper hygiene
and sanitary standards for the students, staff, and provision of water for the sur3
rounding area.
Two “kick” off meetings were held with our partners from Rotary
club of Napa Sunrise and Management of Furaha community Secondary school in
October to review the project objectives, the MOU and adequacy of the funding.
It was also a good time to review the roles of the various partners, assign responsibilities and develop project implementation timelines
The project committee, led by our past president Maina Muturi, worked tirelessly
to have this project kick off with the plans to have the works started and
completed before the close of January 2022.
Past President Iqbal Janowalla faithfully goes beyond Call of Duty provided the
much-needed technical advice during the project design and will continue to
offer the same during its implementation.
Lions Ngoswani Community Maternal and child hospital water
harvesting $74,731. In partnership with The Rotary club of South
Haven, Chelan, East Lansing and Union City.
Ngoswani is Rain is water harvesting project with the main objective of provision
of potable water to the Lions Ngoswani Hospital in Narok, Kenya, by installing a
rainwater harvesting system, a six hundred thousand litres underground
reinforced concrete water tank and an out-patient outdoor toilets and handwashing facilities.
The club Treasurer Joshua Okeyo, an accountant by profession and a financial guru, is taking the lead in the project. Rtn. Joshua will ensure that the financial management policies and procedures are adhered to at all times during the
project implementation.
The Dedication of the Project committee members our own Rotarian Annetta
Wanjala, project director Ian Gichuru, Past President Beauttah Siganga made it
possible for a smooth project planning sessions, and we are now ready to break
ground in November. Kudos to the team members.
This being a construction project, the past President Iqbal will continue playing
the critical role of supervising the project
Scholarship Project
The Director of Scholarship, Maria Redmond, continues to hold the docket with the
utmost professionalism required of the scholarship docket. During the short
school break, the students had an opportunity not only to interact with one
another, but also with the director for words of wisdom and encouragement. A job
well done, Maria.
It was also a time for when progress reports were shared with love and
appreciation with the Partners from Rotary Club of Emsdetten, Rotary Club of
Langley and Iver, and Bridge of Hope Foundations
Peace Project
Children’s Peace Project in Samburu and Baringo Counties in Kenya.
This Project started in 2017 with the main objective of the grant being to
cultivate peace in Northern Kenya, which has suffered for years from interethnic
conflict and violence.
The showstopper for the month of October was the trip to Baragoi, Where the
Club Treasurer Joshua Okeyo led a team of very dedicated and energic
“Milimanian’s” to Northern Kenya for the Project Monitoring and Evaluation.
The Team set off on the 2nd of October 2021 and stayed there through to the
9th of October 2021. The trip was not only long and tiring, but included living
under very harsh and insecure conditions. This trip required more than
dedication. The time invested and commitment by Rotarian Joshua, Okeyo, Ngari
Wangari and Joseph Wekesa is not only humbling but requires commendation.
The feedback from the team that visited Baragoi was very encouraging and at
the same time heartbreaking. My take home was that Rotary is making a
difference, but the needs of the community are many and overwhelming, and we
therefore need to be very deliberate and targeted in our interventions in order to
have maximum positive impact. Clearly there is need to do more, and we can do
more for this community. Can we stand up and be counted?
Children Peace Initiative in Kenya
Children Peace Initiative (CPI) Kenya is a Peace organization that
works in Samburu and Baringo counties. The organization works
with Children and families to promote peace
and reconciliation among the pastoralist communities affected by
conflict.
CPI Kenya engages children in a series of Inter-community
peace processes and through them increases contact between
members of neighbouring communities that are engrossed interethnic conflict. CPI Kenya has been implementing a
peace project with the Turkana and Samburu community in
Baragoi, Samburu county with funds from Rotary International
and in collaboration with Rotary Club of Milimani in Nairobi.
The
project is executed in three conflict sites in Baringo and
Samburu Counties. Covid-19 pandemic affected timely
implementation of the activities, leading to long break between
execution of activities. In August 2021 CPI team mobilized the
community and the schools for the upcoming activities after a
long time. It was encouraging to note that despite almost two
years of
no contact due to Covid-19 related guidelines, the Samburu and Turkana children and families targeted by the project have been
exploring alternative ways of maintaining contact, especially through letter writing and making phone calls to their friends
from villages with network phone signals.
OUR PROJECTS
Inter - Community Children Peace Exchange Holiday Program
This peace activity took place from 2nd - 10th October 2021.
The activity targeted the children from Samburu and Turkana
communities in Baragoi, Samburu North Sub-County, Samburu
County. In total, 131 children (60 from Samburu Community
and 71 from Turkana community) and 6 teachers, 6 cooks, two
watchmen and two matrons
were engaged. The cooks and the matrons were representing
both Samburu and Turkana communities.
It is important to note that 3 rotarians
from the Rotary Club of Milimani who
were representing the Rotary International which was the main
sponsor of the project were present at the event the entire time
Activity Logistics and Community Engagement
The event brought together participants from six schools
namely; Lesirikan, Bendera and Ngilai Primary Schools from
Samburu community and Natiti, Lenkima and Nachola Primary
schools from Turkana community. The children from each
school were accompanied by a teacher
In order to observe conflict sensitivity and ethnic balance in
service provision 6 cooks (2 women and 4 men) from both
Samburu and Turkana communities, were hired to prepare
meals for the children during the activity. The 5 days event
took place at Nachola Primary children to the surroundings of the Turkana village of Nachola.
The Turkana children took their samburu
friends to visit their parents at home. After the visits, gifts were
exchanged including but not limited to chicken, money, artifacts, guards, vegetables and fruits, confectionaries etc.
Talks on the importance of peaceful coexistence and how
friendship between children and families can contribute to inter
community peace.
