Since Anderson Olero’s visit to First Baptist is delayed until the fall, the missions committee recommend the initiation of a Dorm Cistern water capture project at the Amazing Grace Orphans and Widows Care Center. One of the greatest needs in the world is clean water and Kenya shares that need. The center currently has a shallow well and a 10k liter cistern on the Olero home roof. The well provides slightly salty water used for cooking and washing while the small citern provides the drinking water. A picture of the current cistern is shown below:
The Dorm Cistern project connects two new 20K liter cisterns to the massive dormitory roof (shown above) to collect rain during the rainy season. The rainy season occurs in the spring while the summer and fall are the dry seasons. During the dry season, the collected water would be consumed by the center and sold to nearby residents to help fund the center.
The cost of the Cistern project is about $2700 for the 2 cisterns, cement pads, bricks, gutters and labor for the installation. The actual estimate for the Cistern Project is shown below. The FBC Mission Committee has agreed to provide $500 seed money for the project and we will rely on contributions to the Olero Ministry designated fund for the rest of the funding. With Gods blessing, we would like to start building in August of this year.
| Item | Cost |
|---|---|
| Cement 10 bags @1200 | 12,000 |
| Bricks 1000@10 | 10,000 |
| Sand 1 lorry@ 7000 | 7,000 |
| Two parallel gutters on both ends @14,00O | 28,000 |
| Two 10,000 liters water tanks @70,000 | 140,000 |
| Two water taps on both tanks @3500 | 7,000 |
| Water treatment liquid@ 2000 | 2,000 |
| Transportation costs for all items @10,000 | 10,000 |
| Labor charges for the whole construction and installation @15,000 | 15,000 |
| THE TOTAL COST TO LAY THE TANKS | 231,000 Ksh ($2650) |