(A Better World Canada)

By rdnewsNOW Staff

59,240 STUDENTS ENROLLED TO DATE

A Better World provides project updates

Jul 7, 2024 | 6:00 AM

After two weeks in Kenya with students from its Saruk Leadership Program, Lacombe-based A Better World’s (ABW) co-founder and executive director Eric Rajah shares some of the noteworthy accomplishments the organization has made in the area.

He says it is “inspiring” to see how ABW projects are “thriving, particularly in how the local communities have taken ownership of the investments we’ve made.”

During their trip, Rajah and the students observed water wells generating income, students with improved academic achievement due to improved facilities, and other markers of progress in ABW’s mission to improve health care, education, and drinking water conditions. Other successful endeavours included:

New Dental Clinic Equipped

A new dental chair and service delivery unit has been purchased and delivered to the Naikarra Health Centre.

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The clinic in this remote community has been the site of several free clinics from ABW dental teams in recent years. To create a longer-term solution for the community, ABW’s dental program manager, Dr. Kelvin Hill, raised funds to purchase the entire station, including tools and a compressor, so a Kenyan dentist can work on patients.

In an agreement with Narok County health services, ABW pays for the travel costs of the dentist to visit twice per month to see patients. The county pays the dentist for his work.

Well, Well, Well

Throughout Kenya, ABW is continuing to get more glug for the buck by drilling shallow wells.

In areas throughout Nyandarua County near the city of Narok, water is sufficiently shallow to be brought to the surface by drilling less than 50 metres, using smaller pumps and less pipe in the process. The total cost is less than 20 per cent of drilling a deep borehole.

Picking Up the Pace in Tanzania

With a second crew of contractors at work, ABW is now doing two projects simultaneously in Tanzania: the new classrooms and toilets being built at Fune Primary School and the renovation of seven classrooms and an office at Mwelya Primary School.

Developing a second construction crew under in-country project manager Rama Kaoneka will open the door for the organization to expand its work in Tanzania, should more donors be interested in supporting the country’s development.

Opening Young Eyes

Four graduates of the Saruk Centre for Leadership Development recently toured Kenya with Executive Director Eric Rajah.

Anna Flores, Teresa Bruce, Kyle Bacalso and Elijah O’Sullivan visited schools and clinics to learn about international philanthropy and acquire firsthand knowledge and experience of improving circumstances in a developing country.

See a video of their impressions below.

Progress as of June, 2024

ABW’s overarching goal is to have 75,000 students enrolled in its schools and gaining access to clean water, toilets, and health care, by 2030. To date, it has enrolled 59,240.

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