Water Sanitation and Hygiene - Butabira

Visit by Alex Walyomu on 2021-08-18

Report ID

13596

Created by

Alex Walyomu

Created date

2021-06-14 10:52:16 UTC

Modified by

Alex Walyomu

Modified date

2021-08-19 09:37:25 UTC

Trip Time

09:55-17:44 (7 h 49 m)

Village Time

12:37-15:18 (2 h 41 m)

Travel Time

5 h 8 m

Water Community Meeting

Meeting Topic

user committee training,roles and responsibilities 

How Many Men Attended

3 

How Many Women Attended

5 

Staff Attendees

Walyomu Alex 

Government Attendess

LC1 

Visitor Attendees

 

Total Attendance

8 

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Notes

Before the lockdown in June, the village had contributed money and bought sand and bricks to be used to construct the wall fence at the new borehole. Alex met with the water user committee and the village leaders to make new plans how to have this wall fence built on this new borehole. The leaders had taken good care of the bricks and sand in order and wasn’t washed away by running water however some few bricks had got damaged by the rains but promised to replace them. One outstanding highlight of the day was from the village chairman, Mr Patrick Buyinza who appreciated kibo group for the support and teaching the village about the values of sanitation and hygiene and uplifting the standards in the village. It made all people in the village easy to follow the SOP’s to tackle the spread of the virus since people were able to wash their hands having constructed hand washing stands in all the homes. The water user committee secretary called Asudeti confessed that he one day got visitors from another district called Palisa who appreciated him for having a clean home with all the sanitation facilities in place. They loved so much the idea of hand washing and he taught them how it’s constructed and took the idea to their homes. Many people from the neighboring villages are copying what the people in Butabira have done and act as demo to the neighboring villages. Alex was able to see the materials that the community contributed and will plan to construct the wall fence on this borehole when kibo group is ready with it’s contributions. The community leaders and water user committee have taken good care of their two wells and are very happy with kibo group with its contributions that they will have to complete the wall fence on the new borehole as it was done at their old borehole. Alex encouraged the village leaders to remain active and be kibo ambassadors in their own village and the surrounding villages. They were also happy with the new program in the village from kibo group to build stoves in their homes and have been encouraged to learn the skill and have all people in the community participate and get these energy saving stoves. 

Next Visit

2021-08-25 - Purpose: To go back and guide the community as they build their wall fence around their new borehole after receiving the contributions from kibo group.

Program Success

The community leaders together with the sanitation committee members continue to appreciate kibo group for helping them to clean up their village.

Program Critical Needs

Program Ownership

All the community members work together to ensure their boreholes are taken good care and its was observed that both boreholes were very clean

Other Program Observations

The village leaders and the rest of the community are very happy to start building stoves in their village.

Program Expected Of Village

The water user committee should meet with the builders who will do the work on their new borehole and discuss the charges.

Program Staff Preparations Next Visit

To make sure that the contributions from kibo group side towards the borehole construction is secured and buy the necessary materials before borehole wall construction.

 

Report Photos

Bricks and sand that was bought by the water user committee towards the construction of their borehole wall fence.

The new borehole in Butabira village still working very well and serving so many people from Butabira village and Buganza village.

One of the committee members in Butabira called Sosi decided to plant rice where water flows and looks very healthy. It’s one way to utilize running water from this new borehole drilled by Kibo group

This kid in Butabira village enjoying his toy car after fetching two small jerrycans from the new borehole drilled by kibo group.

Alex together with the water user committee members and the village leaders visited both boreholes in Butabira and encouraged the water users to maintain a safe water chain by washing their Jerrycans and take good care of the boreholes. This was the old borehole in Butabira that was first repaired by kibo group before drilling the new one.