Water Sanitation and Hygiene - Kisiro - Namutumba

Visit by Tom Ngobi on 2018-03-28

Report ID
1253
Created by
Tom Ngobi
Created date
2018-03-30 10:33:06 UTC
Modified by
Lorna Katagara
Modified date
2018-04-03 11:14:20 UTC
Trip Time
10:00-18:30 (8 h 30 m)
Village Time
12:25-15:55 (3 h 30 m)
Travel Time
5 h 0 m

Household visits

Which Survey
none 
Number Of Households
28 
Visits Purpose
Follow up on sanitation in kisiro west 
Staff Attendees
Tom Ngobi 
Government Attendees
LC1,VHT 
Notes
On arrival, Tom and the committee members joined up and together they moved towards the section of the village called kisiro west. They were checking on sanitation and hygiene improvements through the construction of facilities like latrines, dish racks, shower areas as well as digging of rubbish pits. They started from the section near the primary school heading towards the upper trading center. In the first few homes they visited, they found new pits being dug but also many pits that had been constructed on yet they were below standard. When Tom and the committee members realized the problem, the committee members decided that they were going to be destroying all such pits and encourage the residents to redo their facilities. Also, in this section of the village, they found that in most homes there were live/planted bushes that were being used as shower areas. The committee members also suggested that those bushes should be cut down and encouraged the residents to construct better shower areas using bricks or mud because the bushes are breeding places for mosquitoes as well as act as hiding places for snakes. So, in every home they found such bushes, they cut it down as well as destroying pits that were below standard. This was a decision made by all the committee members and many residents mostly the women appreciated when the bushes were being cut because they don’t offer enough privacy like a brick shower facility would. This happened in many homes but in some homes, they found pits being dug to the standard and Tom together with the committee members thanked such residents and encouraged them to also construct standard structures on the pits. In one home, there was a woman who was so over joyed when she saw Tom and the committee members. She was so eager to show them her new latrine and she also requested Tom to take a picture of her self standing next to her latrine. She said in her entire life, this is the best latrine her home has ever had. Tom thanked her and also shared with her about maintaining it well through the use of ash to reduce the smell as well as chasing flies. In most homes where the bushes were cut, most of the men suggested that they will construct better shower facilities for their homes. 

Current State

Participation Rating
0 
Success
 
Village Critical Needs
 
Village Action Steps
 
Staff Action Steps
 
CLTS Progress
Working on CLTS Program 
Sanitation Hygiene Committee
yes 
Water Users Committee
unknown 
Other Class Notes
 
Community Ownership
unknown 
Ownership Story
 
Three Stone Fires
yes 
Access to Clean Water
no 
Open Defecation
yes 
Water Access Explain
Some residents get their water from the swamp and ponds 
Prevent Ownership
 
Allow Ownership
 
Village Notes
 
Next Visit
- Purpose:
Program Success
Program Critical Needs
Program Ownership
Other Program Observations
Program Expected Of Village
Program Staff Preparations Next Visit
 

Report Photos

2174 Committee members destroying a pit below standard
2177 Another below standard pit being destroyed by the committee members
2180 A woman happily standing next to her new latrine
2183 A new pit being dug next to an old latrine structure