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iii. e kitchen had suffi cient water for the athletes Supervision for Provision of Laundry
and team offi cials. services
iv. LOC Secretariat Head of Operations had to in-
tervene so that drinking water and sodas could Ahead of the IAAF U18 championship, the Local
be made available at Kenyatta University. Organizing Committee (LOC) sought a reputable
company with the capacity and manpower to carry-
Challenges out a 24-hour laundry service for more than 2,000
athletes, coaches as well as other relevant parties.
i. All the drinking water and sodas were taken to In this regard, IMG was tasked with supervising the
Kasarani fi rst and then re-distributed to the vil- collection and drop off athletes and offi cials laundry
KYEB
at the athlete’s village.
lage which was quite ineffi cient.
Laundry services at the Village were provided by
ii. CocaCola team could not access the athlete’s vil-
Pewin Laundry. e services were within 24 hours.
lage when delivering water due to accreditation
issues.
e dirty laundry would be collected on daily basis
iii. Transport for delivering water was a challenge
at 6.00 a.m.
and IMG had to use their vehicles to transport
e laundry service process was as follows:
water to the various points
iv. There was lack of casual workers to help with

water supply. e volunteers were stretched in
i. e athletes would leave their dirty laundry at
terms of offl oading the beverages. At one time,
the reception desks
about 6 volunteers off loaded a truck full of water
ii. e athletes listed the items placed in the laundry
bags with their name and room number.
and sodas
iii. ey would then sign off that they had dropped
off their dirty laundry.
Recommendations
iv. On return of the clean laundry, the athletes
KENYA YEARBO0K
would then pick up their clean laundry at the
i. ere should be a well written out water manage-
reception desks.
ment plan
ii. We would recommend that we hire casuals who
What worked
would help with supply of water to various water
EDITORIAL BOARD
points

iii. Ensure the service crew is accredited in good
i. Pick up of dirty laundry in the morning at
6:00a.m
time to avoid hiccups at the security gate.
iii. e athletes picked their laundry from the recep-
roles ii. Clean laundry was dropped off after 24hrs
iii. e volunteers gave their daily updates to the tion area
team leaders and had a proper hand over to the iv. e athletes listed items placed in the laundry
next shift. bags with their name and room number.
iv. CID volunteers updated the start list on daily
basis Challenges
v. ransport provided the bus schedule on a daily
basis Laundry services began three days after the athletes
vi. Medical volunteers were also resourceful in terms had checked in instead of the fi rst day after check in.
of supporting the injured athletes
vii. Protocol volunteers supported the team when
directing them to their respective rooms.

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