Providing Sustainable Solutions for Kenyan Communities

“We have partnered with DIG DEEP in drilling a borehole in Maasai-land in Kenya and we appreciated their co-operation and innovativeness and thier ability to listen to the community and other stake-holders. We appreciate their commitment to supporting the Maasai people of Kenya in coming up with better and sustainable solutions on getting accessible and clean water for domestic use. They introduced us to climate friendly wind energy which has helped the community save money which they would have used to buy fuel to run the generator.

The co-founders, Jo and Peter, might not be heroes and heroines in the UK but here they are celebrated for having brightened up the faces of many women who would walk long distances before (almost ten hours) to look for this precious commodity (water)”

James Sakuda – Program Manager World Concern International

"I think the Digdeep concept is the way to improve the world. Instead of spending time in meetings talking about policies and capacity building, Dig Deep sends young, motivated people into the field, working on supplying key infrastructure for energy and water. Face it, without these two elements there can be no improved living conditions, and no economic activity. I am sure the Dig Deep participants get an experience that stays with them and the communities for the remainder of their lives."

Jon Bohmer - CEO of Kyoto Energy

Dig Deep is the initiative Peter Fitzsimmons
and Jo Zeevi.

Dig Deep evolved from their experience of living, working and travelling extensively through East Africa. Peter and Jo spent their last year of university researching and
planning for Dig Deep’s first project. The following year Dig Deep became a registered charity, raised nearly £50,000 and delivered two simultaneous sustainable
water projects that benefit over 20,000 people in Kenya.

Dig Deep’s first project came as a result of Eva Skalla and Clare Zeevi who attended the
2006 Humanity and Gender conference at the United Nations in Nairobi. They were introduced to a community through Agnes Pareyio enabling us to create links to our first
project.

The initial project was inspired by the work of Agnes Pareyio, first female Massai councillor and UN Person of the Year 2005, who runs the Tasaru Girls' Rescue Centre in Narok, with Christopher Murray, for young Massai girls escaping female genital mutilation (FGM) and forced marriages. They are both dedicated to providing an education for the girls to build a better future for Kenya with respect for their Massai culture and tradition.