Microfinance for Community-Managed Water Projects in Kenya

In Kenya, community-run, small-scale water systems play a crucial role in supplying and improving access to water services. In 2006, GPOBA approved an innovative pilot project to increase access and improve efficiency in water services for the poor in rural and peri-urban areas of central Kenya through investments in selected community subprojects. Investments into these small piped-water subprojects were financed through commercial loans and community equity blended with output-based subsidies provided by GPOBA.