Bücher von Nathan Majwa

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2015 in the subject Environmental Sciences, grade: A, University of Nairobi (SBS), language: English, abstract: This project¿s aim was assessing the effectiveness of these bins in waste separation. Data was collected through weighing of the waste found in the bins and questionnaires were also administered to the members of the public in an effort to assess their view of this initiative. The findings showed that many people in the Central business unit preferred to use the triple bins in waste disposal. However, there was very minimal separation of waste into their respective bins. The findings were shared with the County Government of Nairobi and recommendations proposed to enable the County to improve in its waste management practices.Waste management is increasingly becoming a major challenge in Kenya due to increasing human population and rise of urban centers. Nairobi city being the major City in Kenya has to deal with the challenges that comes about with solid waste by coming up with innovative ideals of waste collection, separation, processing and recycling. One of the innovative ideas of separating waste is the Triple Bin initiative that is an initiative of the County Government of Nairobi. This initiative is however spreading to other towns like Kisumu, Mombasa and Nakuru.

The book outlines the impacts that humanitarian organization¿s water projects have had in South Sudan. South Sudan was hit with Civil war that left most of the water infrastructures either completely destroyed or overstretched through the movement of internally displaced persons. The book focuses on impacts on women empowerment, education of school going girls and waterborne diseases prevalence in children under the age of five. The study employs a number of techniques to collect and analyze data including; household interviews, focused group discussions, key informant interviews and observation. The study was done in an area adjusted to the White Nile in Juba called Gumbo.

Master's Thesis from the year 2018 in the subject Geography / Earth Science - Economic Geography, , language: English, abstract: This work examines the effectiveness and impact of humanitarian water projects in South Sudan, more specificially the "Gumbo Treatment Plan" realized by Oxfam.The civil war in South Sudan has affected the water supply infrastructure either completely destroying the water system or overstretching the system due to influx of the internally displaced persons. Many people are forced to use unsafe water sources such as the Nile River that passes through many states of South Sudan. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have moved to the region to provide the communities with safe water. One of such NGOs is Oxfam with a number of water projects and programmes in Juba, the capital of South Sudan.These include borehole drilling, construction of water treatment plant and training the community on proper sanitation and hygiene practices. Through household interviews, focused group discussions and participant observation, this study evaluated the impacts of Oxfam water projects in Juba with focus on the water treatment plant located in Gumbo, a district of Juba.Findings showed that there is a positive impact on the people in Gumbo in terms of eradication of waterborne diseases in children under the age of five years, girl child education and women empowerment. The hypothesis testing analysis results showed positive and significant linkage between the water treatment plant, education and women empowerment. The Fisher exact test revealed a significance level of p=0.025 on education and p=005 on women empowerment. There was also evidence of sustainability of the technology in use, financial sustainability and community training of the use of the facility. The findings also revealed the need for continuous funding of Non-governmental projects to increase safe water coverage and sanitation.