Africa Water Bank designs and installs innovative rainwater harvesting systems to supply clean drinking water to rural communities in Kenya. Our mission is the provision of clean water to those people in Africa who do not have access to clean water. ‘Providing people in Africa with clean water will save more lives than any other intervention’. In 2014 the Africa Water Bank (AWB) perfected a design for a rainwater harvesting system to supply clean drinking water to rural communities who do not have it and to provide water for drip-irrigated food production. The developed technology is simple, effective and low cost when compared to a drilled borehole or even a dam or pan (at approximately half the cost of each of these alternatives). Perhaps its greatest advantage is that it is technology that can be 100% maintained at a local rural level – overcoming what has been identified as the greatest problem with alternative water provision systems. The AWB system supports clean drinking water all year round for a community of 400 people or a school of 800 students - or water to irrigate a one third of an acre greenhouse on a standalone basis (500,000 liters of water per annum) - or a combination of both. Pilot projects in Meru, West Pokot, Baringo and Narok Counties in Kenya in 2014 have demonstrated that the provision of clean drinking water utilizing the AWB system can be easily extended to develop efficient drip irrigated greenhouses so that it is possible to address the clean water - low cost food production nexus. The combination of these innovative developments means that a 1/3 acre greenhouse is able to grow a wide variety of vegetables to the value of $2500 a month after costs for commercial purposes. How can you help? Visit https://www.facebook.com/www.africawaterbank.org/ to find out how you or your company can get involved in the installation of rainwater harvesting systems to supply clean drinking water to rural communities in Kenya.