Dig Deep

Dig Deep Together, we are determined to ensure every child and their family gain lasting access to clean water, safe sanitation & good hygiene.

Dig Deep is an award-winning international development charity securing clean water, safe sanitation & good hygiene for the 1 million people of Bomet County, Kenya - through planning, projects and partnerships

To find out more, visit www.digdeep.org.uk Dig Deep is an award-winning international development charity securing clean water, safe sanitation & good hygiene for the one million people of

Bomet County, Kenya - through planning, projects and partnerships. Famous for producing Olympian runners and world-class coffee and tea, Bomet is also a place where two out of three people lack clean water, safe sanitation & good hygiene. To change this, we are working hand in hand with local communities, businesses and the Kenyan government to serve Bomet’s one million people – half of whom are children. Through investing in planning, projects and partnerships, we will make this vision a reality by 2035 - saving lives, keeping children in school, and empowering women and girls. To find out more, visit www.digdeep.org.uk

We work in one place - Bomet County - and we’re staying until the job is done.Why we’re different:💧 We focus in one plac...
02/09/2026

We work in one place - Bomet County - and we’re staying until the job is done.

Why we’re different:

💧 We focus in one place.
For over a decade we’ve focused on Bomet County, helping 1 million people unlock lasting access to clean water, safe toilets & good hygiene.

💧 We act today, while planning for tomorrow.
We deliver practical projects now. And we support planning and partnerships that will keep these services working for generations.

💧 We put local people in the lead.
Government teams, businesses and communities drive the change. We support them with skills and training so progress is faster and stronger.

This is how we build solutions that last.

This is how we will ensure every child and their family gain lasting access to clean water, safe sanitation & good hygiene.

This morning, you probably turned on the tap without thinking. In Bomet County, Kenya, two out of three people can.That ...
26/08/2026

This morning, you probably turned on the tap without thinking. In Bomet County, Kenya, two out of three people can.

That means children getting sick from preventable diseases.
It means long walks to fetch water.
It means lost school days and lost income.
And it falls heaviest on women and girls.

We believe no one should have to live without clean water, safe sanitation and good hygiene.

That’s why we’re working with local communities, businesses and the Kenyan government to reach all one million people in Bomet.

Half of them are children.

Together, we’re building lasting access to these vital services.

With the right planning, the right projects and strong partnerships, we can make universal access a reality by 2035.

Children grow up healthier. Families thrive. Women and girls gain more control over their futures.

Find out more at our new website - https://vist.ly/5g6v7

Of the one million people Dig Deep works to reach in Bomet County, Kenya, around half are children.That changes what cle...
23/07/2026

Of the one million people Dig Deep works to reach in Bomet County, Kenya, around half are children.

That changes what clean water and safe sanitation are for. A tap is not only a household convenience - it is whether a child spends the morning in a classroom or walking to fetch water. A school toilet is not only sanitation - it is whether a girl stays in school at all.

This term, the work went where those children are. Rainwater harvesting systems were installed at Kapchemibei and Emitiot Primary Schools, and new girls' toilet blocks are going up alongside them. Water on site and a safe, private toilet are often the difference between a full day of learning and a day lost.

The children in those classrooms today are Bomet's farmers, teachers and health workers of the 2040s. An education is the surest thing they will carry with them.

When you take time to consider it, water and sanitation in a school is not spending on the present. It is among the highest-return investments available in the next generation's education.

With thanks to the teachers and supporters making it possible.

Five months after three springs in Bomet County were protected, our monitoring team went back to the very households the...
16/07/2026

Five months after three springs in Bomet County were protected, our monitoring team went back to the very households they first surveyed before any work began.

The springs - Kobisi, Tilimiet and Chepkirip - are the part that is easy to see. The follow-up survey measures the harder part: whether daily life actually changed.

The enumerators were drawn from the three spring communities themselves, which means the people asking the questions are the people living with the answers.

It would be simpler to cut the ribbon and move on. However, the real test of whether water funding works is not the opening ceremony - it is whether anyone returns to check, and what they find when they do.

Data collection is under way now. We will share what the communities tell us.

A spring serves a village well - until the village doubles.World Population Day, on 11 July, is a reminder that access t...
09/07/2026

A spring serves a village well - until the village doubles.

World Population Day, on 11 July, is a reminder that access to clean water is a moving target. In Bomet County, Kenya, the goal is clean water and safe sanitation for one million people. So far the work has reached more than 200,000 of them (Dig Deep programme data, 2026).

What makes a figure like that hold as the population grows is not the number of structures built - it is whether the systems behind them can carry the weight: a county-owned WASH masterplan, and the local health teams trained to keep those gains in place.

The water points installed this year matter. What matters more is whether they still serve the children who have not yet been born.

With thanks to the supporters and partners making that longer view possible.

Planting trees can sometimes make a water crisis worse.It depends which tree - and where.In Bomet County, eucalyptus tre...
03/07/2026

Planting trees can sometimes make a water crisis worse.

It depends which tree - and where.

In Bomet County, eucalyptus trees planted near wetlands and springs have been draining the very water sources communities depend on. It is a well-intentioned mistake - eucalyptus grows fast and has commercial value - but its root systems draw huge amounts of water from the ground.

That is why communities across Bomet are now removing eucalyptus from wetland areas and replacing them with indigenous species that protect the soil and support water flow. Alongside this, volunteers are restoring degraded wetland margins and monitoring water yields to track the impact.
Bomet County has a target of planting and nurturing 13 million seedlings a year. Dig Deep works with communities, partners and county government to make sure those seedlings are the right species, in the right places.

Conservation is not just about planting more. It is about understanding what the landscape needs - and trusting the communities who know it best.

Thank you to the communities protecting their water sources, and to all our supporters who help make this work possible.

We love ribbon-cutting ceremonies. We rarely celebrate the committee meeting that keeps the water flowing.Over the last ...
18/06/2026

We love ribbon-cutting ceremonies. We rarely celebrate the committee meeting that keeps the water flowing.

Over the last few weeks, our team has conducted refresher training with committees at six of Bomet County's oldest protected springs. The focus was on the long term: operations and maintenance, Water User Group governance, and income-generating activities to fund future repairs.

These are not just infrastructure projects. They are community institutions. The committee members who manage these springs know their neighbours, understand their landscape, and have a direct stake in keeping the water flowing.

That matters more each year. As rainfall becomes less predictable and pressure on land increases, the communities who know their springs best are the ones who will protect them. Not because a government agency or NGO told them to - but because their families depend on it.

However, community ownership alone is not enough. That is why we are continuing to build the capacity of the Bomet WASH Hub to monitor spring infrastructure and provide ongoing support - so that committees have the backup they need to sustain their work for the long term.

Thank you to the spring committees leading this work, and to all our supporters who help make it possible.

Coordination sounds boring.A lack of it is also the reason so many development programmes fail or duplicate.Across Bomet...
12/06/2026

Coordination sounds boring.

A lack of it is also the reason so many development programmes fail or duplicate.

Across Bomet County, the WASH Hub - a government department Dig Deep helped establish - is changing that.

Every month the Hub brings together county departments, the local water utility, NGO partners including the Kenya Red Cross, World Vision and Aqua Clara, and Dig Deep. Together, we share progress, identify gaps and align our plans.

This year, the Hub rolled out a shared digital reporting platform. For the first time, every partner reports data in the same format, on the same system, every month.

Before this existed, NGOs would deliver projects without knowing what government was already planning. Government would plan without knowing what NGOs had already built.

Now, decision makers can see - in real time - what is happening across the county and where support is most needed.

Not just a meeting. A shared system that makes duplication harder and progress easier to sustain.

Thank you to all our partners and supporters who help make this work possible.

Clean water doesn't come from a pipe. It comes from a landscape that someone chose to protect.Tomorrow is World Environm...
04/06/2026

Clean water doesn't come from a pipe. It comes from a landscape that someone chose to protect.

Tomorrow is World Environment Day. In Bomet County, the springs, wetlands and catchment areas that supply clean water to thousands of families are under growing pressure from deforestation, encroachment and unsustainable land use. When those landscapes degrade, the water dries up.

To date, Dig Deep has worked with communities to protect 24 springs across Bomet County, providing reliable clean water to thousands of families. However, protecting a spring is not just about the infrastructure. Communities plant trees, restore wetland margins and take long-term stewardship of the water sources they depend on.

The someone in that story is them.

Thank you to the communities protecting their landscapes, and to all our supporters who help make this work possible.

For millions of girls, one biological fact determines whether they go to school this week. It shouldn't.Today is World M...
28/05/2026

For millions of girls, one biological fact determines whether they go to school this week. It shouldn't.

Today is World Menstrual Hygiene Day. In Bomet County, Kenya, the challenge of managing a period safely and with dignity is compounded - by schools not having private toilets, having limited access to clean water, and a persistent gap in information.

At Dig Deep, menstrual hygiene is central to our work in schools - not a footnote.

That is why our team are:
– Delivering hygiene and menstrual health education across all our partner schools
– Supporting government officers to monitor WASH facilities and keep them functioning
– Building school toilets that are genuinely private and safe for girls
– Training community health promoters to continue this work in homes and villages

Every girl deserves to be in school, learning – every single day of the month.

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