"I take care of water and clean my community"

This project of Emergency Response ends on October 30. Throughout the month, educational activities on water and sanitation have been made in the 10 indigenous communities, after the cleaning and rehabilitation of wells in September.

competition "hand washing"

  Under the slogan "I take care of the water and clean my community, for the health and safety", fairs were held in 10 indigenous communities to train them in the promotion of safe water. The last fair will be on Friday 18 in the departmental capital, Alamikangban.

The workshops were attended by 52 brigades of Alamikangban: on safe water, cholera, good practice. A team of volunteers went door to door talking about safe water.

The people in the fairs were very happy, there were competitions, prizes and entertainment. Most participants were children.

In the communities and in Alamikangban, the team promoted the cleaning services through competitions like “the cleanest house”. The mayor cleared the streets. A group of musicians created a song about the proper use of water. We trained families to keep clean the wells.

Using water filters.

Poster "how to chlorinate"

The communication team creates and edits educational materials in Spanish and Miskito language, including 5 radio messages. It is very important that all the material is in Miskito, as there is little material in the native language, even though the vast majority of the population only speaks this language. We made two posters, they explain how to conserve water and maintain hygiene and how to chlorinate water. The posters were distributed to every house and community sites.

Poster of good hygiene practices

During these months, Save the Children’s team has worked very hard and very effectively to achieve the expected results of the project. The head of the mission, Lucila Gonzalez, and technicians, Jairo Bayardo and Jesús Flores, have worked in all the communities and have taken care of the logistics, besides their work as water and sanitation technicians.

winner of "Cleanest house"