Day 4 - Let's Get Crackin!

Today was the first big work day for us. The installers went to the water building early while the trainers stayed in town and purchased some additional supplies for the afternoon session. There was a small amount of anxiety as we all anticipated whether or not the needed work to the water building would be done in time and if anyone would even show up for the training.

However, by the time we arrived, some of our worries were abated with a report from Doug and Mike that progress at the water building was good. The necessary modifications to the building were done and they had already made good progress on mapping out the system on the board.

A concrete top was added to the cistern and larger pipe
outlets were installed to the system inside the building.

Doug and Mike map out system components to
ensure good spacing on the board. This is a good idea as it later
allows for access to all the components when repairs are needed.

All of the components are planned out and ready to be attached.

The training session started at 2pm and we were pleasantly surprised by a great turnout of about 15 persons including Raul, one of the operators. Training session ran for about 2 hours and many subjects were covered including discussions of clean water issues, health and sanitation issues as well as procedures for using the water system.

Febe discusses the training with members of the community.

One of the children gets a coloring sheet depicting clean water.

Students make a model of what they thing a
germ might look like under a microscope.

Trainers user glow-lights and special lotion to
show the impact of inadequate hand-washing.

The end of the day left us tired, but with much accomplished. The final touches were to get the electrical components installed and doing some general clean-up to the water board.

Ismael trims bolt ends from the board as Adrian pretends
to do some work to the electrical system (with a sledge hammer?)