Healthy and Safe Kitchens - Namusita

Visit by Suzan Winnie on 2022-04-22

Report ID
16782
Created by
Suzan Winnie
Created date
2022-04-26 09:13:04 UTC
Modified by
Suzan Winnie
Modified date
2022-04-26 11:42:24 UTC
Trip Time
09:56-17:30 (7 h 34 m)
Village Time
12:45-14:38 (1 h 53 m)
Travel Time
5 h 41 m

Kitchens all groups

Lesson Taught
follow up smearing,teach raised storage 
How Many Men Attended
4 
How Many Women Attended
23 
Staff Attendees
Suzan Keddi 
Government Attendess
VHT 
Visitor Attendees
None 
Total Attendance
27 
Program
Healthy and Safe Kitchens 
Notes
Suzan went to the village to follow up on the smearing of the buildings and to teach the community the importance of constructing the firewood storages. She carried out this activity through a home to home visit in company of some committee group leaders. This enabled them to find out whether each participant had improved on their home facilities or not. Together they agreed to first visit the first section of the village which was located at the center since many of the participants lived there. During the process, Suzan observed that some members had greatly improved on their buildings by smearing them most especially the kitchens and had constructed good firewood stands which were already stocked enough firewood. This was very impressive to see and interestingly, one of the female participants explained why she always stocked enough firewood on her stand. It was because she found it hard to search for firewood during rain seasons yet firewood was also scarce. Kibo staff kept on encouraging the members she visited to construct stronger firewood storages which can hold up enough firewood as well as lasting longer. This was because other members had very poorly constructed firewood stands which could easily cause accidents in the kitchens. Other kitchens needed to be well roofed because they had big openings at the top whereby when it rains, the water goes through which can damage the stove. She requested the men whom she found at home to see that they assisted their wives to construct good kitchen roofs and the firewood stands. Together they managed to visit fifteen homes that day and out of the 15 homes, only six homes had constructed good firewood stands and improved on all their facilities. The community members thanked Kibo staff for the visit and advice given to them, promising to improve on all their facilities as soon as possible. 
Next Visit
2022-04-25 - Purpose: To continue with the stove building lessons/teaching how to remove the banana stems from the old stoves.
Program Success
The community members are smearing their facilities while others have started cooking on their new improved stoves.
Program Critical Needs
Continue teaching the community how to build the new stoves and encouraging the men to assist their wives in improving some facilities.
Program Ownership
There’s unity and teamwork among the participants especially during the program lessons.
Other Program Observations
Some households have got well maintained sanitation and hygiene facilities.
Program Expected Of Village
Continue improving on their facilities
Program Staff Preparations Next Visit
Plan for the next lessons
 

Report Photos

28836 Namusita. Some buildings were well smeared while others were left out. Kibo staff encouraged the members to make sure they smeared all their remaining buildings such as the shower areas and latrines.
28845 Namusita. One of the participants was found with a good constructed firewood stand in her kitchen which was stocked with enough firewood.