Water pump invention that serves villagers

Innovation: Wycliffe Churchill pumps water from fabricates water pump in his village home in Kamagambo village in Migori County. He innovated the pump after being disturbed to see locals succumb to water-borne diseases because of lack of clean drinking water. [PHOTO BY: HEZRON OCHIEL/STANDARD]

Migori, Kenya: When Wycliffe Churchill Odumo was growing up in his Kamagambo village, Migori County, he was disturbed by the fact that many villagers were succumbing to water-borne diseases because of lack of clean drinking water.

He saw women and children risk their lives to fetch water from open wells and boreholes. Bothered by this, Churchill, 33, who holds a Bachelor’s degree in environmental science from Maseno University, started looking for a better way of drawing water.