Close to 20 million Kenyans living in rural areas and the urban slums still rely on unimproved water sources, such as ponds, shallow wells and rivers.

One of the top leading causes of death in the country are “diarrheal diseases”, which largely affect children under five years of age, and are best tackled by improving the supply of clean drinking water.

To mitigate this threat, governments and NGOs have equipped many shallow wells and boreholes in the rural areas with hand –operated water pumps.

While these pumps meet the need for a time, they bring on their own challenges- frequently breaking down, time consuming, and villagers are forced to walk to the water source to access this water.

Through the CSR program, Davis and Shirtliff recently donated a Sunflo pumping system, complete with a tank tower, to the Oltarakwai community in rural Narok. D&S has recently introduced the Sunflo pumping system as a solution that is affordable for rural communities but which also eliminates the inefficiencies brought about by the hand pump. The pumping system was handed over in a colorful commissioning ceremony, attended by Narok’s branch manager, Mr. Leonard Njiru, D&S head office staff, representatives from World Concern International and the Oltarakwai community.