Water Sanitation and Hygiene - Kalalu

Visit by Tom Ngobi on 2021-11-08

Report ID
14941
Created by
Tom Ngobi
Created date
2021-11-07 10:11:31 UTC
Modified by
Tom Ngobi
Modified date
2021-11-09 12:07:44 UTC
Trip Time
10:20-18:10 (7 h 50 m)
Village Time
12:15-15:50 (3 h 35 m)
Travel Time
4 h 15 m

Water Community Meeting

Meeting Topic
roles and responsibilities,ownership and sustainability,contribution 
How Many Men Attended
7 
How Many Women Attended
10 
Staff Attendees
Tom Ngobi 
Government Attendess
LC1,VHT 
Visitor Attendees
None 
Total Attendance
17 
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Notes
Made made a visit to kalalu village to teach the community about the borehole wall fence, its advantages and disadvantages compared to the wooden borehole wall fence as well as reviewing the previous lessons of the committee and borehole users. Tom first moved around the village as he waited on residents to come to the meeting. He encouraged residents that had some facilities to finish to do so. In one home he encouraged the resident to construct a better dish rack while in another he discouraged the resident from letting open soak pits around their showers because the become breeding places for mosquitoes. Tom also encouraged the continued improvement on hand washing because he noted some homes did not have their jericans on the stands. After moving around, Tom came to the meeting place were he found a few residents. They said most of the people had not come because they were at the primary school were there was another program by the government to give residents loans. Because of the low attendance, Tom and the rest of the residents reviewed the previous lessons as they waited for the other residents at the primary school to come and join them. During the review, roles of the water user committee were discussed as well as the roles of the borehole users. One of the areas emphasized again was the idea that the committee and the water users work together as one because the borehole benefits all of them. Tom also encouraged the residents that the water user committee members are also borehole users who are also beneficiaries of the borehole. Because the other residents took long to come to the meeting, Tom introduced the lesson on borehole wall fence. He mentioned the lesson of the borehole wall fence but promised to continue with it on the next visit when most residents are present. 
Next Visit
2021-11-11 - Purpose: Introduce the lesson and discuss about the new idea of the borehole wall fence, its benefits, advantages and disadvantages compared to the wooden borehole wall fence
Program Success
Program Critical Needs
Program Ownership
Other Program Observations
Program Expected Of Village
To mobilize each other for the next meeting
Program Staff Preparations Next Visit
 

Report Photos

23785 The resident marking the size of a standard dish rack after Tom encouraged him on constructing a smaller dish rack
23788 A resident putting right the soak pit of the shower area. Tom shared with him about the dangers of such open soak pits. Some of the dangers are that they become good breeding places for mosquitoes which spread and cause malaria. After that discussion, the resident decided to clean up the soak pit and put a cover on it.
23791 Some of the village residents who turned up for the meeting