Core Kenya Do-Nou Technology

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.

``Do-Nou`` Procedure

Projects done

Year	Project period	Donor	Project Name	County	Target Group (No. of trainees)	Distance
2010	Jan – Dec	Toyota foundation	Rural Road maintenance	Uasin Gishu	4 Farmer Groups (110)	1,125m
	June-July	KeRRA	Rural Road maintenance ‘Kazi kwa Vijana’ scheme	Uasin Gishu	Jasho CORE Group (25)	94m
	May-June	KeRRA	Rural Road maintenance	Elgeyo-Marakwet	Marakwet District & Community(33)	510m
2011	Apr- Mar 2012	Hitachi Environment Found	Improving the drainage system and utilizing the water effectively	Uasin Gishu	Kazoki Self Help Groups (36)	100m
	Apr-Mar 2012	Taisei corporation environment project	Improve the accessibility of Rimoi National Game Reserve through road	Elgeyo-Marakwet	Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) & Community (30)	123m
	Aug-Sep	Panasonic Co. Ltd	Rural Road maintenance	Uasin Gishu	KAZOKI Self Help Group (36)	26m
	Sep-Oct 2012	Ministry of Foreign Affair of Japanese Government	Sustainable rural access road maintenance using ‘Do-nou’ technology by the community	Uasin Gishu	URDA: Uasin-Gishu Rural Development Association (517)	1,767m
2012	May-Nov	International Labour Organization (ILO)	Youth Employment for Sustainable Development	Nandi, Uasin Gishu, Trans Nzoia, Elgeyo-Marakwet	20 youth Groups of 25 members each (500)	3,730m
	Apr – Mar 2013	Mitsui & Co. LTD Environment Fund	Environmental improvement with the community in semi arid land through approach in agriculture and civil eng.	Laikipia	3 farmers groups in Muramati village (100)	85m
2013	Oct 2012- Oct	Ministry of Foreign Affair of Japanese Government	Sustainable rural access road maintenance using ‘Do-nou’ technology by the community	Uasin Gishu, Kiambu, Murang’a	URDA (303), Coffee society, Tea company, Dairy cooperative (275 )	3,446m
	June (9days)	Child Doctor Japan	Improvement small infrastructure in slam area.	Nairobi	Health worker & Tegemeo society (30)	230m
	June (2days)	CORE	Demonstration of Do-nou technology	Kirinyaga	Kirinyaga County & Community (15)	19.1m
	July (2days)	CORE	Demonstration of Do-nou technology	Tharaka Nithi	Tharaka-Nithi County & Community (15)	12m
	July (8days)	CORE	Demonstration of Do-nou technology	Baringo	Baringo County & Community (20)	235m
						(September2013) Total length of repaired road 10,267 m