Healthy and Safe Kitchens - Mpumiro

Visit by Suzan Winnie on 2022-02-04

Report ID

15727

Created by

Suzan Winnie

Created date

2022-02-10 10:08:46 UTC

Modified by

Suzan Winnie

Modified date

2022-02-10 11:08:27 UTC

Trip Time

09:43-16:52 (7 h 9 m)

Village Time

12:09-14:42 (2 h 33 m)

Travel Time

4 h 36 m

Kitchens all groups

Lesson Taught

goals and objectives 

How Many Men Attended

7 

How Many Women Attended

26 

Staff Attendees

Suzan Keddi 

Government Attendess

LC1,VHT 

Visitor Attendees

None 

Total Attendance

33 

Program

Healthy and Safe Kitchens 

Notes

Suzan went to the village and first carried out a home to home visit at the lower section of the village. She walked along with three active local leaders Musa, Hussein and madam Aisha Nabirye who kept on directing her to the homes which had not been visited previously. On the way, Suzan observed that the homes were a bit a distance apart and the women were found cooking on the traditional three stones open flames stove inside their unsmeared kitchens . She briefly kept on explaining to the members about the new healthy and safe kitchens program and requested them to go for a meeting at the center for more details. They visited about 16 homes at the lower section and later went back at the meeting center where they found some members already gathered. The chairperson L.C.1 opened the meeting with a short prayer and the invited Kibo staff to take over the meeting. Suzan began addressing the community by introducing the healthy and safe kitchens program, it’s main goals and objectives and asked the members if they were interested in the new program or not. Surprisingly, all the members accepted the program after listening to it’s goals and objectives such as empowering them with the skills of building the improved fuel efficient stoves and improving on their general sanitation and hygiene and in the kitchens and areas surrounding the entire homes. The members participated in answering all the questions that Suzan asked them such as the challenges they faced while cooking on the three stones open flames stoves, and Suzan encouraged them to keep attending all the program lessons which will enable them learn skills on how to improve on their cooking methods in their kitchens and other facilities. They all agreed to attend all the program lessons and Suzan thanked everyone for attending the meeting and wished them well. 

Next Visit

2022-02-07 - Purpose: To guide the community to choose their own leaders who will coordinate the healthy and safe kitchens program and form policies that will govern them.

Program Success

Program has just begun. Not yet identified

Program Critical Needs

To empower the community with all the skills for the healthy and safe kitchens program.

Program Ownership

Not yet identified

Other Program Observations

Some of the sanitation and hygiene facilities are well maintained in other homes

Program Expected Of Village

Mobilize themselves for the coming meeting.

Program Staff Preparations Next Visit

Plan for the next lessons.

 

Report Photos

Mpumiro. Kibo staff found most kitchens at the lower section with poorly constructed roofs and needed to be improved on before stove building lessons begin.

Mpumiro. Also some children were found cooking on the three stones open flames inside their parents kitchens which was not safe enough.