Lene Maria for Rent Vann Lene Maria for Clean

Lene Maria for Rent Vann
Lene Maria for Clean Water
Masiketa
2012 Water Project in Kenya
VOSS FOUNDATION
Photograph courtesy of Braden Summers
Voss Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing access to clean water to
communities in Sub-Saharan Africa and raising awareness of ongoing need in the region. Voss
Foundation aims to help fulfill communities’ water requirements and then focus on the selfimprovement of lives and communities once basic water needs are satisfied. We have a particular
interest in assisting women and girls who, relieved of the burden of fetching water, have time to
devote to education and enterprise.
We help meet these demands through an approach that ensures local ownership and long-term
sustainability through partnerships with trusted organizations on the ground, use of appropriate
technology, and through systems that assess the multiple water requirements of a community.
Voss Foundation projects primarily involve a combination of well-digging and -creation or -rehabilitation, pumping, and piping. Secondary
water-related aspects are based on local requests and range from bringing clean water to schools and infirmaries, to agriculture and
irrigation, to micro-finance and education based on new resources, time, or money made available by the presence and proximity of clean
water. We incorporate both environmental consideration and the lasting success of the projects into villages’ requirements to create a
comprehensive project that meets diverse water needs."
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Founded by VOSS of Norway ASA as an independent 501(c)(3) public charity in 2008, Voss Foundation has offices in New York and Oslo.
Since our inception in 2008, Voss Foundation has helped to build 38 water access points and 10 sanitation facilities in 5 countries, changing
the lives of over 100,000 people in Kenya, Mali, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Liberia.
Photos in Banner (from L to R) Samburu women celebrate the new Voss Foundation well in Swari, Kenya; A woman fills her bucket in Swari; Landscape view of Masiketa; A woman washes her hands
in the new well in Swari; Local woman gives a speech in Urra, Kenya. These are all successful projects on which Voss Foundation has worked with Milgis Trust.
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THE PARTNERSHIP
Milgis Trust
As a result of growing insecurity leading to the poaching of wildlife and over-extraction of declining natural resources, the Milgis Trust was
established in 2004. Its mission is to sustain the wildlife, habitat and pastoral peoples’ way of life in northern Kenya. The Milgis Trust’s core area is located in northern Kenya within the drainage of the Matthews Range, Ndoto Mountains and Kirisia Hills,
spreading further north towards Oldonyo Mara, Mount Nyiru and Mount Kulal. The Trust’s aim is to cover approximately 8,000 sq kms and
support a diverse range of flora and fauna and the pastoral livelihoods of several different nomadic tribes including the Samburu, Turkana
and Rendille. Their continued presence on the ground sustains this trusting relationship and encourages and promotes the successful
implementation of projects as well as the Milgis Trust’s ongoing field operations. Photograph courtesy of Voss Foundation
Voss Foundation & Milgis Trust’s Work in Kenya
Milgis Trust was Voss Foundation’s first implementing partner. We have been working together
since 2008. Voss Foundation has been so impressed with the quality of Milgis Trust’s work that
we continue to collaborate, constructing a total of 12 water access points in the region so far.
Thanks to the success of our 2011 Just Around the Corner Art Auction with Sotheby’s in Norway,
Voss Foundation has committed to fund clean water projects with Milgis Trust through 2014.
Through these successfully completed and on-going projects in Samburuland, we have
developed a close working relationship.
Together, we have brought 3 water access points each to the communities of Latakwen
(inaugurated 2009), Swari (2010), Ndonyo Nasipa (2011), and Urra (2012). Approximately 7,000
Samburu lives have been changed with clean water access provided by our partnership.
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Photograph courtesy of Voss Foundation
FUNDING SOURCE
Photograph courtesy of the Bergum family
Lene Maria for Rent Vann
Lene Maria for Clean Water
Lene Maria Bergum was, at 19 years old, a tragic victim of the shooting at Utøya in July
2011. To honor her memory, her family has chosen to build a water project in SubSaharan Africa with Voss Foundation. Her parents, Tove and Arnulf, feel that this is
exactly the way Lene Maria would want to be remembered. As they told us, “Her friends
have described her as the world’s nicest person and that she cared about everyone and
everything.”
The Bergum family’s goal was to raise the funds necessary to implement a water
system, hopefully in Samburuland in northern Kenya, where the need is great and Voss
Foundation has been working successfully for several years. In this area, as in many
parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, it is primarily women and children who bear the burden of
fetching water. Being able to access clean water from taps in their village, rather than
having to walk many kilometers every day to fetch water, is positively life-changing.
The Lene Maria for Clean Water campaign reached its goal of raising 360,000 NOK
($60,000) in summer 2012 engaging unprecedented local support through charity
dinners, auctions, and other community efforts. The Bergum family has also decided to
continue raising funds to build a second clean water project in Liberia. “We are seeing a
very large commitment, and we cannot give up now. Therefore, we have chosen to
continue working. Now we raise money for a well project in Liberia,” says Tove Bergum.
Voss Foundation would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who has
donated. For more information on Lene Maria for Rent Vann, please visit
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KENYA
Kenya is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator. About 79% of the
population lives in rural areas and relies on agriculture as their main source
of income. Kenya is among the world’s 30 poorest countries. It also has
one of the world’s fastest population growth rates.1 The population has
more than tripled in the last 30 years, putting a great strain on the country’s
resources.2
Access to safe water and sanitation is limited, and over 15 million people –
including more than half the rural population – are without access to safe
water or sanitation facilities.3 Kenya's water shortage also means that a
large population of women and children spend up to one third of their day
fetching water from the nearest fresh water source.4 The lack of a consistent supply of water, coupled with poor sanitation, are
two of the major factors that inhibit health, development, food security, and
women’s empowerment in Kenya, propagating the cycle of poverty. 1 http://www.unicef.org/kenya/overview_4616.html
2 Ibid.
3 http://thewaterproject.org/water-in-crisis-kenya.asp
4 Ibid.
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THE NEED
In Masiketa, which is about 30 kms North of Elkanto, the people have been asking us for help for a long time...This
is an amazing place because they live with the permanent stress of attacks from the Turkana, and yet people
choose to live there…because the grazing is good for their animals, [which are] their livelihood. There are times
when many, many people come from far and wide ( as far as 200 kms away) to find grazing for their livestock. They
are very resilient and always look forward to a new day! What we propose here is that they already have a very
good borehole, but with a very poor water system. In fact
[it is] virtually obsolete [due to poor maintenance—sadly,
a very common problem in Africa, where only 7% of aid
goes to maintaining existing services]. They have a very
old Diesel pump, that [only] sometimes brings water up
the pipeline, so it’s an incredibly erratic problem and has
been for a long time. We believe a proper Voss
Foundation project to sustain the livelihood of this very
dynamic community would be fantastic.
Helen Douglas-Dufresne,
Founder, Milgis Trust
Photograph courtesy of Milgis Trust
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THE PROJECT
The goal of this project is to build a
solar-powered water system with at
least four water access points serving a
village kiosk, the school, the
dispensary, a location for passers-by
and a remote watering hole for Grevy’s
Zebras.
Photographs courtesy of Milgis Trust
Photograph courtesy of Milgis Trust
Through this project, Voss Foundation aims to sustainably enhance
access to clean water for the benefit of the Masiketa community in
Kenya. Masiketa is known for its good grazing for livestock, and at times
can draw people from as far as 200 kilometers away. The project also builds capacity through the establishment and training of
a water committee, so that project inputs will be maintained and
outcomes sustained past the life of the project. 7 THE BUDGET
Quantity
1
1
1
1
1
24
75m
75m
75m
30m
50m
100m
2
1
1
24 Panels
1
150 pcs
1
1000m
20
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
SUBTOTAL
TOTAL
Item
PS4000 HR 14H Pump
Lorentz Water Level Probe
Cable Splice Kit
Float Switch
PV Disconnect with junction box
Solar Panel CS6C-M140
6mm 3 core submersible cable
1 mm 2 core water level cable
Stainess steel safety rope
10 mm DC Auto Cable
6 mm Ground cable
4mm Auto Cable
Ground rod & clamp
Delta Solar Light arrestor LA 302
400 mm 16 bar HDPE Pipe with Electro transition
Fabricated Frame for modules
Fasteners, wire grips, cable ties, etc.
Flex Conduit
8000 Lt Water tank (plus one left over from last project)
40 mm HDPE Pipe 16PN
40 mm HDPE couplers & bents
Water stand with four outlets & animal drinking trough
GCI Pipe & fittings
Contract Technician Transport of materials, site transport & visits
Labor
Water "watchman" for a 5 year period
Cost of recconnaisance (flight, food, etc for 4 people)
Contingency of 10%
Administrative Contingency
USD ($)
5450
75
41
46
715
7180
1173
98
340
177
133
149
28
102
625
1915
200
125
1335
3350
288
1176
1283
845
6500
2200
6000
3192
44741
4505
6000
55246
8 Voss Foundation
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