Water & Basic Needs
Water, Sanitation & Basic Needs
Clean water and essential resources as a foundation for self-reliance.
The challenge
What we see in communities.
Lack of clean water and basic sanitation continues to drive avoidable illness, missed school days, and unsafe daily routines for women and girls — especially in rural and informal settlements.
Our response
How Mercy of Hope shows up.
Mercy of Hope works with communities to establish clean water access, hygiene and sanitation education, and emergency basic-needs support during crises — always with local water committees that take ownership of long-term maintenance.
Practical, dignified, community-rooted activities.
- Community water access points
- Hygiene and sanitation education in schools
- Emergency basic-needs support
- Water committees for community ownership
- Partnerships with local water authorities
10-year direction
Where we're heading.
Support five underserved communities with sustained clean water access by 2036.
From the 2026–2036 Strategic Plan.
Concrete contributions, real outcomes.
KES 2,500
Provides hygiene supplies for a community session.
KES 25,000
Helps fund water point repairs in a single community.
KES 250,000
Co-funds a community water access project.
