Water Sanitation and Hygiene - Butabira
Visit by Alex Walyomu on 2021-05-26
- Report ID
- 13329
- Created by
- Alex Walyomu
- Created date
- 2021-05-27 07:31:40 UTC
- Modified by
- Alex Walyomu
- Modified date
- 2021-05-27 13:24:56 UTC
- Trip Time
- 10:26-17:51 (7 h 25 m)
- Village Time
- 12:57-15:49 (2 h 52 m)
- Travel Time
- 4 h 33 m
Water Community Meeting
- Meeting Topic
- user committee training,ownership and sustainability,water chain
- How Many Men Attended
- 4
- How Many Women Attended
- 2
- Staff Attendees
- Walyomu Alex
- Government Attendess
- LC1,VHT
- Visitor Attendees
- Total Attendance
- 6
- Look Up
- Notes
- Alex was in Butabira to meet with the new water user committee to review their respective roles and responsibilities, follow up on the materials to be contributed by the village, review the borehole bylaws enacted by the community before typing and emphasizing a safe water chain. The community has already contributed money and bought the required number of bricks and a trip of sand put at the new borehole site. Kibo group will have to also top up the remaining part of cement, pipe before the construction can start. Alex reminded the committee members to remain active and meet their roles and responsibilities as required to ensure borehole functionality at all times. Also a safe water chain need to be ensured by encouraging all people to have clean Jerrycans and clean homes. Together with the committee members we first moved in some homes to check on sanitation status in the homes, it was observed that many of the homes were found well swept and found the hand washing facilities in place with water. Alex continued to encourage all the committee members to ensure that people are reminded at all times to ensure that the village sanitation status is maintained. The old borehole used to have so many people that would congest but now it’s more for people to access water without spending a lot of time lining up waiting for water. The new borehole drilled recently by Kibo group in the lower part of the village has helped to reduce on the distance many people used to walk coming to the old borehole and also reduced on the congestion. Early next month, the village will be guided on how construct a wall fence around the new borehole before commissioning this new borehole. Alex will help to type for the village the bylaws they came up with to be documented by the water user committee for all water users to abide. The village people are very excited about the new kibo program in the village and are anxious to learn how to build these stoves on their kitchens. WASH will only go back after Kibo’s contribution towards the wall fence construction is ready and will be guiding the village to construct the wall fence around the new borehole.
- Next Visit
- 2021-06-02 - Purpose: Take Kibo’s contributions towards the wall fence construction at the new borehole in Butabira village.
- Program Success
- The water and sanitation committee continues to engage all people to maintain a safe water chain and also are playing a key role to mobilize the village for the stoves program, a new program from kibo in this village
- Program Critical Needs
- Program Ownership
- The village has already bought the required bricks and sand to be used to construct a wall fence around the new borehole
- Other Program Observations
- The village people are very excited about the new kibo program and the village leaders told Alex that many people in the village are very anxious to learn the skill of building the stoves
- Program Expected Of Village
- To continue mobilizing each other for a meeting with the stoves program next week on Monday and to prepare for the borehole wall fence construction at the new borehole
- Program Staff Preparations Next Visit
- To call the water user committee to prepare for the wall fence construction after getting all the required building materials some from kibo group since it’s a partnership
Report Photos
Alex W together with the sanitation committee members in Butabira checked on some homes and noted that the homes were well swept and many are being smeared
The hand washing stands had Jerrycans with water in the few homes checked. This was at Mutaka Erukana’s household in Butabira
This old well in Butabira used to have long ques before a new borehole drilled by Kibo group in the village. It’s now easy for one to access water easily without waiting for so long since some people can now go to the new well