Healthy and Safe Kitchens - Kalalu

Visit by Suzan Winnie on 2022-05-04

Report ID

16884

Created by

Suzan Winnie

Created date

2022-05-05 12:06:24 UTC

Modified by

Suzan Winnie

Modified date

2022-05-07 11:06:42 UTC

Trip Time

09:47-16:57 (7 h 10 m)

Village Time

12:21-14:56 (2 h 35 m)

Travel Time

4 h 35 m

Kitchens all groups

Lesson Taught

building lessons,follow up smearing 

How Many Men Attended

5 

How Many Women Attended

16 

Staff Attendees

Suzan Keddi 

Government Attendess

LC1,VHT 

Visitor Attendees

None 

Total Attendance

21 

Program

Healthy and Safe Kitchens 

Notes

Suzan went to the village to follow up on the smearing of the facilities and chopping of the grass. This was because the community was preparing for the stove building lessons. She met the group leaders and some other members at the meeting place around the primary school who welcomed her to the village. Together they first discussed about the activities going on and the chairperson informed Suzan how the members were busy smearing their buildings and chopping the grass together. They got up and began walking around the village while visiting different homes and Suzan observed that some participants were improving on their facilities such as smearing their homes and constructed new dish racks while others had not kitchens and were cooking outside under a small shade. One of the men Ali informed Suzan how he was preparing to construct a good kitchen for his wife because he wished his wife to cook on a fuel efficient stove after attending the previous lessons. Some kitchens were very poor threatening to collapse anytime because all the walls were falling off yet the women were cooking inside them. Kibo staff encouraged all the participants to see that they improved on all their facilities before the stove building lessons begin. She also found some women carrying heaps of grass intended for the stove building lessons while taking it to their homes. Suzan requested the members to always choose one day where by they can come together and chop the grass as a team to quicken up the work because one of the main program goals was promote teamwork among the participants. The community members was excited about the stove building lessons and promised to keep improving on their structures because anyone with poor facilities would not receive a stove. Also she requested the leaders to keep following up on the improvements of the facilities whenever they found free time. 

Next Visit

2022-05-09 - Purpose: To follow up on smearing progress,materials for building the stoves and prepare the community for the stove building lessons.

Program Success

Not yet identified

Program Critical Needs

Empower the community with the healthy and safe kitchens program

Program Ownership

There’s a good leadership structure

Other Program Observations

Some homes have maintained their sanitation and hygiene facilities

Program Expected Of Village

Continue improving on their facilities and chopping grass together

Program Staff Preparations Next Visit

Plan for the next meeting

 

Report Photos

Kalalu. Kibo staff found some community members without kitchens and cooking from outside under a small shade. She encouraged the men to assist their wives in constructing home facilities.

Kalalu. Agnes’s kitchen was soon collapsing yet she had to continue cooking food in it. Kibo staff talked to her husband and requested him save his wife’s life by constructing a good kitchen in which she can receive an improved saving stove and enjoy cooking food.