St. Ann's Catholic Church

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Country: Sierra Leone

GPS Coordinates:
  Latitude 8.601067
  Longitude -13.196267

Impact:
  Total Served: 700

Status:  Completed (What's This?)

Completion Date (or estimate): 12/30/2010

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When the team arrived the community was utilizing a river as their primary source of water and because of this residents were suffering from Dysentery, Typhoid and Malaria. The community was very hard working and participated in all aspects of the project. The majority of community members sustain a living by farming, teaching, petty trading or fishing. The nearest school is located one kilometer away from the community whose students, teachers and administrative personnel all have access to the new, safe water source. Before leaving the community the team provided community member Ray Khan with a LWI contact number incase their well were to fall into disrepair, become subject to vandalism or theft.

The team had an opportunity to meet with forty year old female community member and petty trader Kadiatu Kamara who sated, "The stream is not safe and secure drinking water for our health. The distance is long. The well has now been sealed up and a new hand pump has been installed which is secure and goof for our health. It is also free from germs and has no bacteria. We are so thankful for this!"

There were forty adults and twelve children who attended the hygiene lessons. During the hygiene education the following principal issues were addressed: Disease transmission, Germs, Hand Washing- proper techniques and water saving methods, Healthy Unhealthy Communities, Diarrhea Doll- causes of diarrhea, Oral Rehydration Solution, Proper care of the pump, Keeping the water clean, Good-bad hygiene behaviors and Disease Transmission Stories. After the education lessons the team distributed forty Oral Rehydration Solution spoons to community families. The new well benefits children at St. Ann's Catholic School and the team also discussed how to construct a native toilet. The community members shared, "We understand the teaching and it helps us to know about our hygiene. This is our first time to receive such training and we promise to put the training into action."

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