Healthy and Safe Kitchens - Butabira
Visit by Harriet Kefeza on 2021-09-13
- Report ID
- 13944
- Created by
- Harriet Kefeza
- Created date
- 2021-09-14 05:05:44 UTC
- Modified by
- Harriet Kefeza
- Modified date
- 2021-09-14 10:41:14 UTC
- Trip Time
- 09:30-18:45 (9 h 15 m)
- Village Time
- 11:50-16:01 (4 h 11 m)
- Travel Time
- 5 h 4 m
Kitchens all groups
- Lesson Taught
- adjustements
- How Many Men Attended
- 2
- How Many Women Attended
- 9
- Staff Attendees
- Harriet Kefeza,Jeska Nairuba
- Government Attendess
- LC1
- Visitor Attendees
- None
- Total Attendance
- 11
- Program
- Healthy and Safe Kitchens
- Notes
- Harriet and Jeska went to Batabira to community to continue teaching the participants how to practically build stoves.This time their target was to guide participants as they try to build stoves on their own. This was intended to ensure that they master the process of building stoves because practice makes perfect. They found when the participants had tried to build a stove on their own two days back, they looked at it but it was poorly done.They had forgotten to put banana stems for the vent and oxygen. This would affect the effectiveness of the stove since fire would hardly light or vent out smoke.Kibo staff explained to them their mistake and they all agreed to dismantle the stove and build a new one. Kibo staff thanked the participants for having tried because it is one way of perfecting their skill.The community started by mixing the dirt and grass at a ratio of two to one but did it the opposite. Kibo staff corrected them. They worked together to stamp the dirt, the community perfectly measured banana stems whereby one Male participants called Kasimu took the lead. At the end of the day one stove was successfully built with participation from the community. This was done as they explained the whole process to enable them learn or to avoid making mistakes as they build stoves. The community thanked kibo for continuous teaching them despite the mistakes they have always done. They also agreed that they will build another stove prior KIbo’s next visit so that in case it was poorly done it can be corrected.
- Next Visit
- 2021-09-17 - Purpose: To continue teaching participants how to build stoves,guide them in the process of stove building.
- Program Success
- Some men are also active in the program.
- Program Critical Needs
- Need for stoves because most people still cook on the traditional three stones fire.
- Program Ownership
- Some Participants have embraced smearing of their home facilities .
- Other Program Observations
- The community has embraced hand washing.
- Program Expected Of Village
- Continue chopping grass that will be used to build stoves as well as try to build a stove on their own.
- Program Staff Preparations Next Visit
- Call the program community leaders for further mobilization.
Report Photos
Butabira village, kibo staff Harriet and Jeska guiding the participants as they mix grass and dirt. During the lesson the participants had messed up instead of mixing dirt and grass at a ratio of 2:1 they had mixed at a ratio of 1:2. Kibo staff corrected their mistakes.