Healthy and Safe Kitchens - Bupeni - Kaliro

Visit by Suzan Winnie on 2019-04-17

Report ID
5024
Created by
Suzan Winnie
Created date
2019-04-17 13:55:26 UTC
Modified by
Suzan Winnie
Modified date
2019-04-18 09:49:15 UTC
Trip Time
10:34-18:37 (8 h 3 m)
Village Time
13:32-15:30 (1 h 58 m)
Travel Time
6 h 5 m

Kitchens all groups

Lesson Taught
building lessons 
How Many Men Attended
How Many Women Attended
25 
Staff Attendees
Jeska Nairuba,Tape Bwana,Suzan Keddi 
Government Attendess
VHT 
Visitor Attendees
None 
Total Attendance
33 
Program
Healthy and Safe Kitchens 
Notes
Suzan, Tape and Jessica went to the village to teach the community about the materials that will be used for building the energy saving stoves and also to practically demonstrate how to chop the grass into tiny pieces which will be mixed with the dirt. When they arrived there, they found that it had rained heavily in the previous night whereby the ground was wet and most members were still in their gardens digging while others were just coming back all looking tired and soaked with dirt! Kibo staff sat at the meeting place with a few members in the church and waited patiently for other members to gather. Later on the members came with some materials such as the grass and pangas which were going to be used for demonstration purpose. Suzan opened the meeting with a prayer and thanked the members for gathering, then informed them how the whole activity was going to be carried out. She explained the importance of each material for building the stove and which could easily be found within their community environment such as the water,hoes,pangas,grass,banana stems,saucepans and the termite dirt. Tape then picked a handful of grass, placed it on a piece of wood and slowly began demonstrating how to chop the grass into small pieces as the members watched. This was very important to the members because they needed to know how to hold the grass and panga carefully without cutting their fingers. Each member was then given a chance to practice how to chop the grass which was also good. Tape requested those who had learnt how to chop the grass that day to go ahead and teach others who were not present at that time. Jessica thanked all members for participating in the lessons and encouraged them to keep practicing how to chop the grass together whenever they found free time until they made at least two sacks in preparation for building the first demonstration stoves. She also asked them to always come to the meetings a bit early so that they could find time to do other things later on their own since the healthy and safe kitchen program would benefit them all in their community. Kibo staff then informed the members of the next activity that would be carried out in the next meeting and together they agreed on the date and time. The meeting finally came to an end with a prayer from one of the community members and they wished Kibo staff a safe journey back home. 
Next Visit
2019-05-02 - Purpose: Guiding the participants in selecting their own committee leaders
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Report Photos

6716 Kibo staff demonstrating to the members how to chop the grass that will be used for building the stove
6719 One of the community members practicing how to chop the grass while others watch, as Kibo staff also explains the whole process.