Donor: Cross Catholic Outreach, Catholic Diocese of Nyahururu and Living Water Service Center

Location: Laikipia West, Laikipia county

The Laikipia West WASH Programme area comprises Marmanet and Githiga wards. The program seeks to address challenges in access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene, waste management, spiritual development, environmental stewardship, and disaster preparedness through holistic and integrated implementation approaches.

The baseline was commissioned to establish the status of knowledge, attitudes and practices among community members, schools, churches, and health facilities relating to key thematic areas, namely; (i) water access, ii) sanitation and waste management, iii) hygiene and Menstrual Health Management, iv) environmental stewardship, v) disaster preparedness, and vi) church engagement in development and evangelization.

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Data was collected using Kobo Toolbox and questionnaires were programmed into the Kobo Toolbox and transferred to each mobile device individually using mobile Internet connection. A training was conducted for two days followed by a pre-test before the actual data collection. The pre-test identified challenges in the questionnaires that were subsequently addressed. Research assistants accessed the Kobo Collect application and entered data directly on Kobo and at end of each day after completing the interviews, the research assistants submitted the data to the main server.