Safe Water & Sustainable Hygiene Initiative (SAWASHI) is a Non-governmental organization registered with the NGO-Coordination Board, Kenya. SAWASHI founded in November 2015 as a community-based organization (CBO) and later attained the NGO registration in
November 2016. The organization is mandated to work in five counties of Western Kenya (Nandi, Kakamega, Bungoma, Vihiga and Busia). SAWASHIs’ mission is to enhance access to safe, convenient and reliable drinking water through drilling & equipping of boreholes, rehabilitation of boreholes and shallow wells, spring protection and offering long-term operation and maintenance support through a robust water point functionality monitoring program.
Since inception, the organization has successfully drilled and equipped over 20 boreholes, rehabilitated over 40 boreholes and shallow wells for communities and equipped them with handpumps and wells as constructed a water supply for a school abstracting water from a spring. The organization has been supporting operation and maintenance of 180 existing rural water points fitted with handpumps in western Kenya in bid to enhance access to a reliable service in rural Kenya.