May 2009 was a turning point for the people of the Millennium Village of Dertu, Northern Kenya. The administrative status of Dertu changed from Location to Division, and the day was marked with jovial celebrations headed by the Provincial Commissioner for North Eastern Province Josphat Maingi, the Deputy Speaker and Member of Parliament for Lagdera (the constituency where Dertu is located) Farah . . . [more]
Large-scale infrastructure is often not included in the intervention portfolio for community-based development projects. The cost is too high, local technical capacity is not available, coordination at the national level is lacking and the time-frame for implementation is not feasible. The Millennium Villages Project is tackling all of these challenges this week in Nairobi. Nineteen local experts from eight sites across eight countries through East and West Africa . . . [more]
In April 2009, the Millennium Villages project completed construction of a new road in Mali. Following alongside the Niger River, the road connects the Tiby, Mali cluster of Millennium Villages with health services and markets in the town of Markala.
Before construction of the new road there was no direct route from the Tiby cluster to Markala. Patients with medical emergencies had to travel 70km – more than an hour drive – to reach the referral hospital . . . [more]
Dertu, Kenya • Education • Health • Infrastructure • Millennium Development Goals • Partners
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