{"id":14312,"date":"2025-05-23T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T07:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.isuzulab.com\/?p=14312"},"modified":"2025-06-25T07:54:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T07:54:30","slug":"corporate-social-impact-at-work-isuzu-east-africa-brings-water-and-hope-to-kiwalwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.isuzulab.com\/2025\/05\/23\/corporate-social-impact-at-work-isuzu-east-africa-brings-water-and-hope-to-kiwalwa\/","title":{"rendered":"CORPORATE SOCIAL IMPACT AT WORK: ISUZU EAST AFRICA BRINGS WATER AND HOPE TO KIWALWA."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Friday May 23, 2025, Isuzu East Africa Foundation launched a KShs.7 million water project at Kiwalwa Mixed Secondary School in Mboghoni Ward, Taita Taveta County, targeting to benefit over 2,000 residents in 500 households.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The project was part of Isuzu East Africa Foundation\u2019s Corporate Social Impact initiatives in partnership with Davis & Shirtliff and aimed at alleviating chronic water shortages that have plagued the area in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


It also aims to address poor sanitation and hygiene standards that have in the past contributed to outbreaks of waterborne diseases, enhance school attendance rates for girls who spend long hours fetching water for domestic use, and boost the local economy whose activities have in the past been severely limited due to chronic water shortages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Speaking during the handover of the project yesterday, Isuzu East Africa Managing Director and Chair of the Board Rita Kavashe, who also chairs the Foundation, described it as a major milestone for the school and local community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cI was raised here, I\u2019m a product of Kiwalwa Primary School and I\u2019m thankful for the foundation it gave me to be the person I am today,\u201d said Ms Kavashe, adding that this is the same background she wished to bestow upon other children from the village as an inspiration to rise to top leadership locally and globally.
She urged students to aim higher and seek to achieve greater things in life, while pledging to support residents to address poor academic results that continued to plague the village and Taita Taveta County as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


On the local economy, she urged villagers to plant fruit trees and other crops to achieve food security and improve their livelihoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The project comprised construction of a 60,000-litre water storage and distribution system, and houses for two technicians who will be handling maintenance and repair. It also included drilling of a new borehole and installation of a solar-powered water pump.
The event also saw the donation of dignity packs to over 600 vulnerable girls from 5 local schools within the community, which will last each of them a whole year, to address menstrual poverty, improve school attendance, and promote dignity and confidence among the girls.
Lauding the project, Kiwalwa Mixed Secondary School principal Ms. Muteti said it had relieved them from the financial burden of paying for water, which they would use \u201cto do a little farming\u201d and \u201cplant fruit trees.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Mboghoni Ward Member of County Assembly Halifa Taraya pledged to donate money to fund the digging of pipes to take the water to people\u2019s homes, while describing the project as godsent and a blessing to residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Corporate and Sustainability Manager Dr Michael Musyoka said the school previously suffered from lack of water due to the inadequate capacity of the 10,000-litre tank and borehole that was there previously.
The new borehole was 40-cubic meters per hour and had been sunk to a depth of over 100 meters compared to the local average of 30 meters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Davis & Shirtliff Regional Manager Michael Wajwang\u2019a said the solar pump was a high efficiency 11Kw capacity unit linked to 34 545W solar panels to push 40,000 liters of water per hour to the storage tanks.
\u201cThe project uses clean energy, which means there are no greenhouse emissions,\u201d he said, adding that the initiative met four of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MD Rita Kavashe, Isuzu EA and Michael Wajwanga, Davis and Shirtliff, jointly unveil the
plaque commemorating the launch of the Kiwalwa Borehole Project, a life-changing
collaboration between the two partners to provide clean water to the schools and
community.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Chief Guest Chair of the Board and MD Rita Kavashe (R) and village leader Mama
Veronica (L), celebrate the launch of the water project wth joy as clean, abudant water
flows, ushering in renewed life and hope for the community.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chief guest MD Rita Kavashe, waters a newly planted tree, symoblising our
commitment to growth and sustainability.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Students at Kiwalwa Primary and Secondary Schools receive soccer balls, volleyballs
and annual dignity packs from Isuzu EA, promoting sports, teamwork and empowering
the girlchild.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A moment of appreciation as Michael Wajwanga (L), Voi Branch Manager, Davis &
Shirtliff gifts Rita Kavashe, Chair of the Board and MD, Isuzu EA during a successful;
project handover demonstrating impact through collaborations..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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All smiles after a successful project launch with all the key stakeholders.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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