The Agua Pura team had a challenging experience with filter beneficiaries in San Jeronimo del Pinal. Three families had snails in their filters and various others found tadpoles and mosquito larva. Unfortunately the community does not have an appropriate water source and they do not regularly sediment their water. Therefore, whatever was in their water source, went directly into their filter. However, the community did not see it this way and some of them were convinced that Agua Pura had put the bugs in the filters purposely and that now they were drinking water full of snails, tadpoles and larva. So, Agua Pura went back to the community in April and held a meeting to clarify this misunderstanding. Unfortunately, the families with the complaints did not come to the meeting. Therefore, we held another meeting in May and this time everybody came. In the beginning 60 families did not want their filters, but after 3 long hours of explaining how the filter works the Agua Pura team was able to convince all but 3 families that the filters do work and that we had not put bugs in them on purpose. Later we returned to the community and visited all of the houses to make sure people were still on board.
(Now we have a question during our Community Agents training that says True or False: The Agua Pura team puts bugs in the filter…People seem to get the picture now.)
After finishing the delivery and installing of the communities in San Francisco de Ojuera we held Use & Maintenance community meetings in the five of the six communities there.
We finished delivering and installing filter in Los Valditos, San Nicolas in record time and everything went well due to the cooperation from the community.
Los Vaditos
The Community Agents training in San Nicolasito, Nueva Celilac was a great success. We originally planned to train 3 Agents, but when we got there 5 showed up and they were so enthusiastic that we trained them all. Allison, the Peace Corps volunteer, developed new didactic material and activities to be used during the trainings to review what was learned in a fun and interactive way; the Community Agents loved it!
Paso a Paso
This activity is called Paso a Paso (Step by Step). The steps to install a filter are written on cards and the Community Agents have to work together to put the steps in the correct order.
Guy at door
This guy wasn’t a Community Agent, but he stood at the door and observed all day.
(Now we have a question during our Community Agents training that says True or False: The Agua Pura team puts bugs in the filter…People seem to get the picture now.)
After finishing the delivery and installing of the communities in San Francisco de Ojuera we held Use & Maintenance community meetings in the five of the six communities there.
We finished delivering and installing filter in Los Valditos, San Nicolas in record time and everything went well due to the cooperation from the community.
Los Vaditos
The Community Agents training in San Nicolasito, Nueva Celilac was a great success. We originally planned to train 3 Agents, but when we got there 5 showed up and they were so enthusiastic that we trained them all. Allison, the Peace Corps volunteer, developed new didactic material and activities to be used during the trainings to review what was learned in a fun and interactive way; the Community Agents loved it!
Paso a Paso
This activity is called Paso a Paso (Step by Step). The steps to install a filter are written on cards and the Community Agents have to work together to put the steps in the correct order.
Guy at door
This guy wasn’t a Community Agent, but he stood at the door and observed all day.
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