FedEx and Feed the Children target 2,400 Kajiado pupils with WASH kits
Key points
- FedEx and Feed the Children unveiled Clean Futures Alliance in Kenya for Kajiado County.
- Target: at least 2,400 school-aged children and adolescents with hygiene kits plus WASH training.
- Launch sessions at Inkati and Noontoto primary schools; FedEx Cares volunteers packed and distributed kits.
- UN 2026 World Water Development Report cited: large global gaps in water, sanitation and school hygiene.
In a dry county, a hygiene kit can be the difference between staying in class and staying home sick. Federal Express Corporation and Feed the Children have launched the Clean Futures Alliance in Kenya, aiming at least 2,400 school-aged children and adolescents in Kajiado, Eastleigh Voice reported.
The programme pairs personal hygiene kits with WASH education to build everyday habits. Launch-day sessions ran at Inkati and Noontoto primary schools, with FedEx staff volunteering under FedEx Cares. Context came from the 2026 UN World Water Development Report: about 2.1 billion people lacked safely managed drinking water in 2024, 3.4 billion lacked safely managed sanitation, and 1.7 billion lacked basic home hygiene; globally, roughly 23 per cent of schools lack basic drinking water, 22 per cent basic sanitation and 33 per cent basic hygiene services. More than 10 million adolescent girls across 41 countries missed school or activities over menstruation between 2016 and 2022. FedEx Sub-Saharan operations MD Nelson Teixeira and Feed the Children CEO Emily Callahan framed the work as community partnership beyond parcels and aid logos.
Kits without water points still dry up
Soap training fails if school taps are empty. County and partners should pair kits with water-point maintenance and menstrual product continuity, not a one-day photo drop.
Health desk: Health. Verified school names, target number and UN figures from Eastleigh Voice.
Kajiado education office should publish a termly WASH stock checklist for the 2,400 cohort. Parents should be looped into refill plans before kits run out.
Otherwise Clean Futures becomes a clean headline and a dirty playground again by term two.
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Based on Eastleigh Voice reporting of the Clean Futures Alliance launch. Programme scale may expand after pilot schools.
