Water is a basic human need, yet water scarcity is causing suffering for millions of households across Kenya.
The project was a collaboration between community leaders, Martin Mureithi and , with additional support from Grantham Scholar and UI PhD student, Mónica MartÃn Grau. Martin and Felix’s local knowledge and technical skills were vital to make the video project a success. They also organised a series of film screenings within the communities in the hope that it will foster stronger relationships and advocate for change in water management.
Monica wanted to empower the voices of the local community.
What was important to me was to bond together and to use the video to raise awareness about the water situation of the research areas, a topic of importance for Nairobi’s inhabitants that has been widely overlooked by local politicians – which I think we have done now.
Monica Martin Grau
Monica is in the process of publishing her research paper and writing the thesis that she hopes will have a positive impact on policy in the future.