Water Sanitation and Hygiene - Buluvu

Visit by Tom Ngobi on 2021-11-24

Report ID

15124

Created by

Tom Ngobi

Created date

2021-11-25 01:24:01 UTC

Modified by

Lorna Katagara

Modified date

2021-12-16 07:30:09 UTC

Trip Time

10:20-06:30 (-4 h 10 m)

Village Time

12:35-15:00 (2 h 25 m)

Travel Time

-7 h 45 m

Household visits

Which Survey

none 

Number Of Households

32 

Visits Purpose

Check on hand washing improvements 

Staff Attendees

Tom Ngobi 

Government Attendees

LC1 

Notes

When Tom arrived in the village of Buluvu, he found when one of the vhts recently lost her grand daughter and some of the mourners were still in her home. Tom visited the home to pay his respects. Later the chairman of the village Mr Muyangu offered to take Tom around the village to show him some of the improvements being made in hand washing as well as maintaining the sanitation standards by constructing new latrines, dish racks etc. they started off from the trading center and Tom was encouraged to find that all homes in the trading center had latrines and some were embracing hand washing by constructing the Hand washing stands. He saw recently constructed latrines and new pits being dug for new latrines. In every home they visited, residents were happy to see Tom and appreciated the work kibo did in the village through the sanitation and hygiene program. Tom encouraged them to also embrace hand washing and improve on it drastically because its one of the ways through which diseases in homes can be controlled. Tom and the chairman also met with one of the Manson’s in the village who is helping to construct the hand washing stands. They advised him to charge fairly affordable prices because it was reported that most residents were complaining about the charges of constructing the hand washing stand. After the meeting, he agreed to lower the charges and the chairman committed to moving around the village encouraging the residents to buy cement and call the Manson to construct the stand for them at a lower cost. After Buluvu, Tom passed by Namulu village to also witness the triggering Enock and Kenneth were making in the village. It went well and the community of Namulu was very appreciative for the sensitization about sanitation and hygiene. 

Next Visit

2021-12-08 - Purpose: To check on hand washing improvements

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Report Photos

Tom was happy to find Miss Kansime cooking from her fuel saver stove in buluvu village. She encouraged her to encourage other women who still cook on open flames to embrace cooking on the fuel savor stoves

The chairman of the village advising one of the residents on how to improve on the Latrine he recently constructed by putting a roof on it and constructing the hand washing stand

A hand washing stand with a jerican on it in one of the homes Tom and the chairman visited in buluvu village