Lots got done today. Our survey is completed and we got some interesting information back. While overall, project participants seem to be doing what they can do stay healthy, many individuals are still not sleeping under mosquito nets. When asked why, a lot of them said that they are only free for pregnant women and children, so they don’t want to spend the money or don’t think it’s worthwhile for other family members to use them. In essence, we found that there is an inherent risk in giving away free stuff to people with limited incomes.
We found a few other important things – people don’t always know when (and more importantly WHY) to use soap, most everyone has a trashcan that gets emptied regularly, but they almost never have lids, and people are still throwing waste water into the street. These are not all critical issues, in particular comparison to the mosquito net issue implicated above, but it’s all good information to have. We are going to start working with this to improve the current program as we try to revamp it. In the meantime, we’re still planning with the CHAG.
That’s it for work news today. Other than that, I had a great little walk through the back of Sikoroni and had some good pseudo-Bambara conversations with the people I met along the way. Nothing particularly special, but it was nice to just feel comfortable walking around and being able to say hello to everyone. So I did. And now, after that time in the sun, I’m ready for a nap.
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