Water Sanitation and Hygiene - Kagulu - Namutumba

Visit by Alex Walyomu on 2019-05-13

Report ID

5225

Created by

Alex Walyomu

Created date

2019-05-14 09:56:26 UTC

Modified by

Alex Walyomu

Modified date

2019-05-14 11:44:29 UTC

Trip Time

10:25-18:22 (7 h 57 m)

Village Time

13:13-15:46 (2 h 33 m)

Travel Time

5 h 24 m

Water Community Meeting

Meeting Topic

user committee training,water chain,commissioning 

How Many Men Attended

8 

How Many Women Attended

6 

Staff Attendees

Walyomu Alex 

Government Attendess

VHT 

Visitor Attendees

 

Total Attendance

14 

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Notes

Alex was in Kagulu for a meeting with the new water user committee and conduct a training with them about their roles and responsibilities. Alex first visited the new borehole to make sure it had dried very well after the recommended two weeks by the contractor and to check the new fence whether it meets the standards as the community had earlier on been guided by Alex. He found that the size of poles used were very good but it required to add more poles in the big gaps to add more strength to the fence. Also the soak pit will have to be filled up with stones and the grass planted on the borehole compound. The water user committee promised to spend the Tuesday 14/05/2019 to complete what is remaining. Alex then had a meeting with all the water user committee training them more about their individual responsibilities and prepare for the commissioning of the new well. Each committee member now understands whist he/she has to do but the main point is to work to guide the community on better management of the well. They all appreciated Kibo for even training them on how to manage their well when they start to use very soon and what is expected of them. They were urged to be transparent enough and manage the borehole funds well. A discussion shall be held on how to keep the borehole funds whether to open up a bank account or save it in other ways. Together they has a discussion about how to go about commissioning their new borehole and they were all happy to have a day for commissioning their borehole, it was agreed that Monday 20/05/2019 will be the official opening of the borehole. The bylaws were to be discussed but unfortunately this wasn’t done because there was another meeting taking place at the village mosque and this took many people. It was agreed that another general meeting take place on 15/05/2019 to discuss and come up with the borehole bylaws before the village starts to use their well soon. 

Next Visit

2019-05-15 - Purpose: Village meeting to discuss the borehole bylaws.

Program Success

There is a great community cooperation and sense ownership towards their village sanitation and borehole

Program Critical Needs

There is still need to sustain all their sanitation and hygiene standards in the village

Program Ownership

Many people in the village commit to work towards their borehole construction like building the fence and many women have stepped up towards cleaning up their homes.

Other Program Observations

Program Expected Of Village

Mobilize each other to turn up for the village meeting in large numbers as its crucial for many people to attend this meeting to accomplish the borehole bylaws

Program Staff Preparations Next Visit

To call the water user committee and remind them of the meeting and complete the remaining roles to complete the borehole fence and the compound

 

Report Photos

The new borehole fence almost complete

The soak pit will have to be filled up with stones and planting grass around the well

Training of the water user committee about their roles and responsibilities and preparation for well commissioning