Dig Deep

Clean water doesn't come from a pipe. It comes from a landscape that someone chose to protect.

Tomorrow is World Environment Day. In Bomet County, the springs, wetlands and catchment areas that supply clean water to thousands of families are under growing pressure from deforestation, encroachment and unsustainable land use. When those landscapes degrade, the water dries up.

To date, Dig Deep has worked with communities to protect 24 springs across Bomet County, providing reliable clean water to thousands of families. However, protecting a spring is not just about the infrastructure. Communities plant trees, restore wetland margins and take long-term stewardship of the water sources they depend on.

The someone in that story is them.

Thank you to the communities protecting their landscapes, and to all our supporters who help make this work possible.

Most sanitation projects end at the ribbon cutting. The real work starts the day after.

Since 2022, every single household across 390 villages in Bomet County has been verified as having a toilet and a place to wash hands. That's a huge achievement - led by the communities themselves.
However, reaching that milestone is only half the story. Sustaining it is the other half.

So far this year, Dig Deep and the Bomet County Department of Health have trained 140 community health promoters to do exactly that - visit households, support families at risk of slipping back, and promote hygiene practices that last.

The training went beyond monitoring. Promoters also learned soap making - both as a hygiene tool and as an income-generating activity to sustain their work in the community long after the programme moves on.
Sustainability is not a buzzword. It is community health promoters making soap, visiting households, and helping families safeguard their own health.

Thank you to the communities leading this work, and to all our supporters who help make it possible.