Community-run Water ATM helps locals in Kenya

Shuchita Jha

Run by the people of the Lelen village of Baringo County in Kenya, this water-ATM is an attempt to make lives a bit easier for the people of the region, struggling with prolonged periods of drought. Recurrent droughts threaten livelihoods, leading to food shortages, malnutrition, and even conflict over scarce resources.
Villagers get access to 20 litres of clean water for 5 Kenyan shillings or 0.04 US dollars, and for their livestock, that meets the standards for their survival, for a nominal price.
These water ATMs running on solar energy provide a much needed solution to meet the daily water requirements of the locals.

Shuchita Jha

Shuchita is a journalist with over 10 years of experience. Her work, in multimedia format, focuses on the interconnectedness of the environment, climate change, energy transition, and human rights. She is an accredited Solutions Journalism trainer.

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Shuchita Jha

Shuchita is a journalist with over 10 years of experience. Her work, in multimedia format, focuses on the interconnectedness of the environment, climate change, energy transition, and human rights. She is an accredited Solutions Journalism trainer.

Manon Verchot

Manon is a multimedia journalist and co-founder of InOldNews, the organization that runs Neighbird. She formerly headed video at Mongabay, Hindustan Times and Mint.

Sanshey Biswas

Starting his career as a print journalist in '14 at a weekly newspaper in India, he quickly gravitated to working on the digital side. He is a self-taught multimedia journalist who loves to learn from and with his colleagues spread across the globes.