Wednesday, June 16, 2010

First Day in the Field

June 15, 2010

Here are some pictures from Tuesday. In the morning, we (WSH) waited for SM to get situated before we left to meet amongst ourselves. We also examined some existing water tanks, spoke with the CVCs re: how to best implement our education campaign, and collected water samples from sources around the sub-county.

One of the highlights of my day was visiting local schools; the schoolchildren were so excited to see us! When we took a picture with one of the classes, the students on the far side of the classroom weren’t fitting in the photo, so the teacher told them to come closer. Suddenly, ALL of the students in the room rushed towards us. Absolutely adorable. I don’t have the photo yet, but I’ll post it when I do.

[SM setting up in the morning.]

[Bean practicing taking blood pressure on me.]

[Checking out a water tank. The guy in the orange on top--Jordan from MMHF--ran SM last year and will be in charge of WSH this year. He's been invaluable to our work!]

[People collecting water in jerrycans at a working borehole. One of the locations where we had to obtain a water sample for testing the quality.]

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