Water Sanitation and Hygiene - Kagulu - Namutumba

Visit by Alex Walyomu on 2019-05-20

Report ID

5321

Created by

Alex Walyomu

Created date

2019-05-21 12:55:11 UTC

Modified by

Alex Walyomu

Modified date

2019-05-21 13:36:14 UTC

Trip Time

10:55-19:36 (8 h 41 m)

Village Time

13:25-17:03 (3 h 38 m)

Travel Time

5 h 3 m

Water Community Meeting

Meeting Topic

commissioning 

How Many Men Attended

35 

How Many Women Attended

38 

Staff Attendees

Walyomu Alex 

Government Attendess

LC1,LC2,LC3,HPM,VHT,Parish Councillor 

Visitor Attendees

Carter, Carrise 

Total Attendance

73 

Look Up

 

Notes

Alex together with two kibo fellas were in Kagulu to attend the first day of the community to use their new well. It was such a wonderful day for Kagulu to celebrate using their new well and all the people were very happy and danced a lot having recalled how far the village has come from. Some of the government officials were present at the meeting including, the sub county chief, the woman councilor, parish councilor and an agricultural officer. They all appreciated Kibo group for the support towards the Kagulu people since the village has been struggling to get clean water from a low yield well in the trading center. The community was told to keep the promise of taking good care of their borehole because this is a community responsibility for all the people that use this well. The area hand pump mechanic mechanic was also present and reminded them to always check on their borehole and if anything is not going well, he should be contacted to come and check on it. Also the hand pump mechanic mechanic lives in the next village and so he promised to make regular visits to this well to make sure all is going well on this borehole. Alex then reminded the gathering that it was their responsibility to keep the borehole working and the water user committee to always remain active exercising their duties as they were told to do. Kibo will be happy if the community managed their well properly and that if the village took up the initiative to maintain their village hygiene standards. The village then gathered around their well to pray that God protects their well after putting on the head assembly by the HPM. The village was in general very happy pumping their well for the first time and danced a lot with Alex and the Kibo fellas. The secretary, chairman and treasurer have the responsibility to open up a bank account to keep the borehole money safe. Alex will go back to follow up on this and make sure a bank account is opened up and also take a borehole account record book to the water user committee and supply out the copies of the bylaws to the responsible authorities. 

Next Visit

2019-05-27 - Purpose: To complete signing of the bylaws, follow up on the borehole account in the bank and deliver a borehole cash book

Program Success

There is a great sense of community ownership towards their borehole and sanitation in that they all remind each other to maintain their sanitation and also all manage their borehole collectively

Program Critical Needs

Program Ownership

There is a collective responsibility towards their borehole

Other Program Observations

Program Expected Of Village

Complete filling the soak pit with stones and mobilize each other for the meeting to re visit all the bylaws

Program Staff Preparations Next Visit

Collect all the signatures of people to sig on the bylaws and get a borehole account record book for the water user committee

 

Report Photos

Alex dancing together with the kibo fellas, Carter and Carrise with the community members

Community meeting before the well commissioning

Kagulu village members surrounded their borehole and even prayed together for God to protect their well

The hand pump mechanic putting on the head assembly

The village together praying for their borehole being led by the area woman councilor

Carter one of the Kibo fellas pumping the well

The kibo fellas having some fun with the village kids