Each householder gets an outhouse with running water for a shower, a flushing toilet, and a washbasin, with drainage and a septic tank.
Landowners only get to participate in the project if they're living on the land. So some have built shelters and are living in them in order to get their water supply.
Villagers are invited to work on the project - they get paid £12 a day for digging the trenches, unloading materials, and making concrete blocks. At least this is the theory. They have to complete a certain quota each day, and the government representative who assesses the work hasn't made his report yet, so 2 months into the project no-one's been paid yet.
It's also giving more work to Mateo, one of the first people I met here, who runs the forge and does vehicle repairs.
It's also harvest time, which is a busy season anyway. With most of the men working full-time, the women are working in the fields but in the evenings and at the weekends the whole family goes up the mountain to harvest potatoes, or over to the other side of the valley to their cornfields.
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| I learned how to harvest dry corn (and was sent home with a sackful) |
This all means there's not much time or inclination to go to meetings! So while I want to complement the government's project with training, I need to be patient. I've managed to give some training in the churches, and one pastor's family has bought a water filter.
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| Parasites attacking a person - with 2 "barriers" - teaching about MULTIPLE prevention methods |
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| How the filter works |
