Healthy and Safe Kitchens - Kamudoke

Visit by Harriet Kefeza on 2022-05-04

Report ID
16872
Created by
Harriet Kefeza
Created date
2022-05-04 09:13:31 UTC
Modified by
Harriet Kefeza
Modified date
2022-05-06 08:41:56 UTC
Trip Time
10:09-18:20 (8 h 11 m)
Village Time
12:19-15:41 (3 h 22 m)
Travel Time
4 h 49 m

Kitchens all groups

Lesson Taught
follow up smearing 
How Many Men Attended
5 
How Many Women Attended
21 
Staff Attendees
Harriet Kefeza 
Government Attendess
LC1 
Visitor Attendees
None 
Total Attendance
26 
Program
Healthy and Safe Kitchens 
Notes
Harriet went to kamudoke village to follow up on smearing progress, kitchen safety and food handling safety. This was a surprise visit and her target area was the trading center. She walked through over 20 homes together with the chairperson of the healthy Ms. Rabbecca while checking on stove usage, general hygiene of the entire kitchen as well as smearing. Being a surprise visit she was able to find participants in their day to day life. Interestingly most homes were well smeared, most people were using their stoves on daily basis , in some homes she found food cooking by itself or being cooked by children as the rest of the family members were busy in the gardens. However in some 5 homes the kitchen were dirty/ not swept with dirty scattered utensils . Harriet talked to the children who were found at home to tell the parents as well as work with them to clean the kitchens on daily basis, always wash their utensils and put them on the dish racks to avoid flies which may cause diseases. After the home visit a meeting was held to discuss progress and the way forward. Harriet shared with about what she observed during the home to home visit and asked them to suggest possible solutions and these were: Also there was one participant who was cooking on her stove along side the traditional three stones fire and she gave the reason that her mother in law in law is an African traditional believer and her faith doesn’t allow her to eat fish or eat food cooked on the stove that has ever cooked fish there fore the three stones fire is used to cook fish in case they have too and it is not cooked daily therefore the fuel efficient stove is used daily. She asked the community to suggest a possible solution for that. The community agreed to build for her a second stove in her kitchen to take care of fish to avoid the traditional three stoves fire with their associated problems. Also the participants who had un tidy kitchens with dirty utensils scattered all over promised to improve. The participants in the trading center promised to follow up with each other for the sustainability of the healthy and safe kitchens program. 
Next Visit
2022-05-13 - Purpose: To follow up on firewood storages,kitchen safety and food handling safety in the lower section of the village.
Program Success
Most participants with dry stoves cook on them on daily basis.
Program Critical Needs
to continue encouraging participants to improve on their kitchen hygiene especially those ones lagging behind.
Program Ownership
Most participants cook on their stoves on daily basis.
Other Program Observations
Sanitation and hygiene standards have been maintained.
Program Expected Of Village
Encourage each other to improve in the weak areas.
Program Staff Preparations Next Visit
Prepare the next lesson.
 

Report Photos

29103 Kamudoke village. Namugere was found cooking on her stove food. She had removed the traditional three stones fire from her kitchen to avoid children being tempted to cook on it thus exposing them to fire accidents.
29106 Kamudoke village. In this home food was cooking by itself as the rest of the family members were busy in the gardens.
29109 Kamudoke village, Kibo staff Harriet discussing with the participants in the trading centre on the way forward for some participants who were found cooking on the traditional three stones fire alongside the stove.