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Hygiene training in Bokola
It’s amazing how a little bit of singing and some comedy can get a serious message across. Bokola recently enjoyed the performances of the Salima District hospital hygiene promotion performers so much that by the end of the day men,…
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Week 4: A concerted effort in the face of adversity
The capacity of humans in the face of adversity is quite something. There are times when, whatever your situation, life feels a little bit tough. When the odds seem stacked against you. When something comes and kicks in the stomach,…
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Hygiene training through music and drama in Kaniche
Old habits die hard apparently. Behaviour change is difficult. Our brains process information about how we do things and stores it away so that it can recall that information when we come to do the same thing again. Breaking the…
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Week 3: Progress and peril
What a difference a week makes… Three weeks in to The Big Dig and off the back of an amazing start things in Bokola took a turn for the worse. Our hearts went out to Winard and his parents when we heard…
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Week 2: An amazing start
Almost two weeks ago, this thing called The Big Dig launched. For us here at WaterAid it was a BIG moment. For Mary, Howard, Grace, Dave, Janet, Mr. Khombe and the 744 others (the people who have boldly invited the whole…
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A clean school uniform
“Christabel aged 7 from Kaniche village washing her school uniform in the river after school. This is the same river where community members from Kaniche get their drinking water because they dont have any protected water source in the village.”…
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The beautiful Faith
“Faith who is 1yr and 6months adaughter to Mary,She is one of the victim who has been frequently suffering from preventable diseases such as diarrhoea due to lack of safe water.From the month of April to June 2012,Faith suffered from…
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Kaniche and Bokola village action plan
In order to ensure they are on track with the adoption of sanitation and hygiene, the people of Kaniche and Bokola came up with action plans which are acting as guidelines towards milestones to be achieved by 30 June 2012.…
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The vanishing water sources of Kaniche and Bokola
What a difference two months make. In April this year as the rains ebbed away, the rivers at which the women and children of Kaniche village start and end their days collecting water flowed steadily. The water was dirty, it…
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The start of something big
Welcome to a window into Malawi – or more specifically the everyday lives of 750 people living in two rural Malawian villages, Kaniche and Bokola, and the journey they are about to take towards a life with clean, safe water…
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