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Who we are

Community Road Empowerment (CORE) – CORE Kenya, is an international NGO registered in Japan (2007) and Kenya (2008). Main aim of CORE is to empower the communities to maintain the rural access roads using, “Do-nou” technology from Japan to improve their agricultural production and to conserve the environment for poverty and hunger eradication.

We are working in 15 countries in worldwide (page.4). CORE is grateful to the partners and sponsors for their continued support towards implementing varieties of projects to reduce poverty. Read more…

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Ongoing Projects

CORE/WB/JSDF PROJECT IN MERU COUNTY: Community Road Empowerment (CORE) will be the recipient and the implementer of the project ‘Improved livelihood Opportunities and Accessibility for Underserved Urban Communities living in Meru, Kenya’. This is a Recipient-executed Small-scale Trust Fund project, funded by Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF)and administered by the World Bank.

39,232m

Distance Repaired

6,492

Trainees

201

Groups

27

Counties

CORE Worldwide Achievement (As of July, 2023)

Regions	*Central America*	*South America*	*Africa*	*Asia*	*Pacific*	*Total*
No. of Countries	1	1	17	5	4	28
Length of Road repaired by Do-nou technology (m)	0	20	60,621	25,778	90,604	177,023
No. of Participants for Do-nou technology trainings and activities（persons）	200	30	17,838	2,638	3,225	23,931

Our Technology - “Do-nou”

Do-nou” is a Japanese word that means wrapping soil in a gunny bag. (Size: Do-nou bag- 45cm x 60cm).

Why Do-nou technology?

Uses locally available materials (Do-nou bags; can use bags left, material put inside the bag; sand, Murram (gravel)
Manual labour based technology (labour intensive) hence creates employment without both compromising the quality and increasing the cost.
Easily adopted and applied by the community hence sustainable.
With regular maintenance the road section maintained using Do-nou technology is durable. It is therefore preferable to maintain it after every rain season.