The project site, Kitui, is a 3-hour drive from Nairobi,
the capital city of Kenya. The target areas are the Maliku district in
Kitui prefecture and the Itolea district with a total population of 15,000.
This area is one of the poorest in the country. It has a rainfall of only
600 mm. a year. The lives of the villagers have become harder as the forests
decrease.
The
villagers build their houses with sun-dried bricks. The bricks are easily
made by putting clay-heavy soil mixed with water into a mold. 
There
are approximately 30 villages in the project sites. Most of the villagers
are farmers.
There
is an average of five children per family. Every family owns four or five
small huts as shown in the photo.
The
literacy rate in Kenya is 80%, which is quite high. However, there are
children who are not able to go to school due to the need for labor such
as drawing water.
Friendly
children in Kenya. Their cheerful attitude often comforts ICA's Japanese
staff who are working far from Japan.
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