Healthy and Safe Kitchens - Namusita
Visit by Suzan Winnie on 2022-02-28
- Report ID
- 16027
- Created by
- Suzan Winnie
- Created date
- 2022-03-03 06:45:00 UTC
- Modified by
- Suzan Winnie
- Modified date
- 2022-03-03 09:14:21 UTC
- Trip Time
- 09:45-17:16 (7 h 31 m)
- Village Time
- 12:13-15:03 (2 h 50 m)
- Travel Time
- 4 h 41 m
Kitchens all groups
- Lesson Taught
- building lessons,teach smearing
- How Many Men Attended
- 7
- How Many Women Attended
- 32
- Staff Attendees
- Suzan Keddi
- Government Attendess
- LC1,VHT
- Visitor Attendees
- None
- Total Attendance
- 39
- Program
- Healthy and Safe Kitchens
- Notes
- Suzan went to the village and found the community members already gathered at the meeting place near a mosque. The group chairperson Nabukenya Sarah welcomed her to the village and then opened the meeting with a short prayer. Sarah requested the group to be calm and listen attentively to what Kibo staff was going to teach about. Together they first reviewed about the previous lessons to make sure everyone was on the same page. The new members were also given chance to introduce themselves since it was their first time to come to the program meeting. Suzan introduced smearing to the community and requested each person to try and participate in the lessons for easy learning. She first asked the community why it is important to smear their buildings and if they knew how the activity was carried out. Some of them knew how it was carried out and why it was done but said they were piled with too much work and hardly found enough time to smear their buildings. Kibo staff explained that it’s always healthy to maintain and smear their buildings at least twice or once in a month because it makes the entire home look neat and healthy to live in, smearing blocks all the holes which may attract rats, frogs and snakes to live in. It also stops insects and mosquitoes from entering as well as keeping dust away. She encouraged all the members to begin improving on their facilities by smearing them before the stove building lessons begin and requested them to select any member of their choice where the first smearing demonstration will be conducted in the coming meeting. The community was excited upon the suggested idea and planned to do so. Suzan also taught about all the materials required for building a fuel efficient stove such as anthill dirt, water, two old saucepans,grass, banana stems, jerrycans,baskets for fetching dirt, hoes, shovels and pangas. She explained that all these materials are free and can easily be accessible within their environment. The community was glad about the materials mentioned and one of the members said he thought it would be hard to find the materials required for stove building at first. Kibo staff thanked all the participants for attending the lessons and wished them a happy stay.
- Next Visit
- 2022-03-07 - Purpose: Practical smearing lessons.
- Program Success
- Not yet identified
- Program Critical Needs
- Empower the community with the program skills
- Program Ownership
- Not yet identified
- Other Program Observations
- According to observations, some households have got well maintained facilities
- Program Expected Of Village
- Mobilize themselves for the coming meeting and begin improving on their facilities
- Program Staff Preparations Next Visit
- Plan and prepare for the next meeting.
Report Photos
Namusita. Suzan teaching about the importance of smearing buildings and materials used for building the fuel efficient stoves.