Healthy and Safe Kitchens - Busene

Visit by Harriet Kefeza on 2022-03-14

Report ID
16203
Created by
Harriet Kefeza
Created date
2022-03-15 05:38:49 UTC
Modified by
Harriet Kefeza
Modified date
2022-03-17 07:06:53 UTC
Trip Time
10:03-18:45 (8 h 42 m)
Village Time
12:21-15:50 (3 h 29 m)
Travel Time
5 h 13 m

Kitchens all groups

Lesson Taught
building lessons 
How Many Men Attended
7 
How Many Women Attended
11 
Staff Attendees
Harriet Kefeza 
Government Attendess
LC1 
Visitor Attendees
None 
Total Attendance
18 
Program
Healthy and Safe Kitchens 
Notes
Harriet was in Busene village to continue following up on smearing and teaching the materials required for building stoves. She was disappointed not to find the community members at the meeting place but at the same time gave her an opportunity to sample some homes and monitor smearing progress. Some participants had started smearing their home facilities though they were only concentrating on the outside walls. During the follow up she encouraged them to smear both the inside, outside walls and the floor. Also came across some participants who had stopped cooking from their kitchens after smearing them because they did not want smoke make the walls dirty as they cook on the traditional open flames. During the meeting most participants turned up with the right full type of grass( coach grass) for building stoves except one woman who who had missed the previous lesson. Harriet was able to correct her by showing her the right type of grass that other members had brought to the meeting. She later demonstrated to them how to chop grass that will be used to build stoves. She also asked each participants to try to chop grass as she watched this was intended to ensure that they all learn how to chop grass because they are required to chop grass that will be used to build stoves. The community agreed among themselves that they will meet over the weekend and chop enough grass that KIbo will find during the meeting to demonstrate stove building. Harriet also tasked them to use their weekend meeting Avenue to identify among themselves the first participants to get a stove. 
Next Visit
2022-03-21 - Purpose: To build the first demonstration stove.
Program Success
Some men seem actively attend the meetings.
Program Critical Needs
Need for stoves because most people cook on open flames.
Program Ownership
None because the program is still new.
Other Program Observations
The community has embraced hand washing.
Program Expected Of Village
Mobilize each other to participate in the program , continue smearing their home facilities and chopping grass that will be used to build stoves.
Program Staff Preparations Next Visit
Prepare the next lesson and call the community program leaders for further mobilization.
 

Report Photos

27240 Busene village. This man( waiswa ) also participated in grass chopping excercise after kibo staff Harriet demonstrated how grass for building stoves should be chopped.
27243 Busene village. This child Peter also participated in searching for grass that he brought to the meeting after Harriet had taught the community the materials required for building stoves.
27246 Busene village . Kibo staff Harriet in a blue shirt teaching the participants the materials used for building stoves.