Christine, That was wonderful. I happened to be in the area but on a rather tight schedule to make to the cafe launch.
Thank you for all the effort so far and the involvement of others now needs to be coordinated in such a way that where help is needed for a cause, we communicate properly in time to rally them. Keep it up. All the best. Ejiku On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Christine Munduru <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear all, > just briefly to let you know that Science Cafe was successfully launched > in Maracha. Discussions took place in Nyadri market and community > participation and involvement was high. > The district leadership was very impressed with the feedback they got from > community and clearly identified a missing link in the way they have been > doing health education and are very ready to adopt this model of community > involvement and empowerement. What was interesting was that even before the > discussions started, the community came up with the next topic for > discussion( How to eradicate poverty and hunger in Maracha). > > It was very clear that the district had done alot of sensitization on > Cholera due to the outbreak and so people had the knowledge and these was > evident by the answers given by the community. Then the community had their > concerns which they raised openly and later after the discussions they were > asked to come up with interventions and roles and responsibilities to be > taken by both the community and the leaders for future which they openly > didnt. Initially there were complains about closer of other businesses like > food etc by the authorities which they felt was not fair.But when asked to > come up with interventions to pevent future cholera outbreak, they > mentioned things which are not different from the public health > regulations. But this time round, they felt incharge and involved instead > of leaders only telling them what to do. The health inspector was happy > with this arrangement because he will now use that to hold them accountable > in future. > > The community also brought up issues which are to be handled by the > leaders. For example, they claimed there are some retuarants operating > without latrines and they wondered why leaders allowed them to do so. They > raised issues of rubish collection centers which are lacking, water for > washing hands in the market, they said water in the market is being sold > and yet some of them cannot afford that water but they need to wash their > fruits and their hands before they eat. > > So this was a two way of holding each other accountable and sharing > responsibilities. > > The team after the discussions came up with both short term and long term > plans which I cannot share now but plans are underway to make them > actionable and those interested in wanting to be part of these plans should > let us know so that they are included in the discussions. Please send a > private email incase you want to be included in the team for Science cafe > Maracha branch. > > Hon. Lematia is very passionate about making this actionable in Maracha > and she urges any interested parties to come on board to make this a > reality in Maracha. Science Cafe Maracha will soon have its own space in > the science cafe website for you to get the videos and pictures of what > happened, you will view them afte they are processed. > > Thanks > Christine > > _______________________________________________ > WestNileNet mailing list > [email protected] > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > > WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > _______________________________________________ > >
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