HEALTH AND HYGIENE INSTRUCTION -- HUMANITARIAN PROJECT

Enroute to a Humanitarian Project. The NGO that builds wells financed by the Church provides a Health and  Hygiene  seminar for people living near the wells. We were on the road to the event and passed the roadside furniture mart. All the furniture is made here, displayed and put away daily. Our beds were made in this area. The marche extends for several blocks on both sides of the road.

The school yard where the classes are held.

A class underway with instructor and attendees inside a classroom.

We always attract a mob of children when we arrive. Many have never or only rarely seen a Mundele (white person) before and they want to touch and shake hands, and gleefully shout Mundele, Mundele. Some ask for money.

Children held at bay at the entrance to the school yard.

An instructor greets Sister Moon. Our translator and guide, also a well inspector,  Felix in the background, right. The instructors are paid $50.00 for their day's work. That is a very generous wage here.

We took a walk, wending our way through the homes in the village to see well  sites under construction.

Pathway through the village.

View of a stream near a spring capture project and the children playing and fetching water.

Village dwelling and yard.

Our guide pointed out a few of these, which he called "African Latrines". They are behind each house.

At a Spring Capture site. Water projects are either dug wells or spring capture, the latter being a concrete enclosure with faucets at the spring source, to protect the water from contamination. This spring location empties into a small stream.

This is a partially completed spring capture. The extreme foreground encloses the water outlet from the spring in a a reservoir, where two pipes feed it into another square box into which are cemented some faucets, and a walkway leads to the faucet area.

Workers are building the capture and reservoirs.

The other water project is a hand dug well. The well casing is hand made at the future well site.

The well casings are placed on the well site. A worker climbs in and begins to dig. As he digs the casing slips down into the hole. Casings are added to the depth of the well, about 60 plus feet, until water is reached. Digging continues until there is six to ten feet of water in the bottom. Which means that the digger has must dive and bring up the sediment under water, which is hauled out by pulley. The digger climbs down and out, forcing the body against the sides and gradually climbing or descending.

Bath time by the stream.