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Water ATMs: experience and impact in Turkana and Wajir counties of Kenya

Publication of new learning brief on water ATMs

Contactless payment technology that conveniently allows customers to pay for low cost goods is becoming increasingly familiar to shoppers in affluent countries, particularly in Europe.  Under the SWIFT programme, Oxfam has introduced similar technology to very low-income communities in Turkana and Wajir Counties in northern Kenya.

As the programme is coming to an end, James Origa, WASH and Public policy specialist and WASH strategist for Oxfam in Kenya, reflects on the lessons learned and the impact the ATM’s have had in those areas.

In this document James Origa goes over:

  • The challenge for rural water revenue collection, management and transparency
  • The need for a different approach
  • How water ATMs can improve eficiency, transparency and accountability
  • How  the “Water ATMs” actually work
  • The difference they make in people’s lives
  • Oxfam’s ambitions with the water ATMs
Download the Learning brief
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Since 2014, the Sustainable WASH In Fragile Contexts (SWIFT) Consortium has been working to provide access to water and sanitation and to encourage the adoption of basic hygiene practices in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and in Kenya. Various partners implement SWIFT’s actions in both target countries, in collaboration with governments as well as water providers, including utilities. The consortium is led by Oxfam, and includes Tearfund and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) as global members. The SWIFT programme is funded by UK aid from the UK government under a Payment by Results (PbR) contract.

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