Working alongside Haitian leadership within Tabarre 25 tent city of 1500 people, the EDGE’s Water Team installed two 500 gallon water tanks, a water purifier and made a small structure to house the system. A total of 4 people – one man and three women – were taught how to operate and maintain the tent city’s new water system.
During the course of our 3-day project people serving on the health ed team trained six women of the camp how to teach health/hygiene lessons including germs, germ transmission, hand washing, food groups, and teeth brushing. The new teachers practiced their lessons in front of the health ed team before teaching children in the camp. In a separate session of just women & mothers, team members addressed specific issues related to women’s health and caring for infants. During this session it was discovered that many of the children have problems with worms. News that worms are spread, in part, by contact with fecal matter came as some surprise.
In this photo, the new teachers perform the Soap & Water skit which communicates the importance of both when washing hands and washing away germs.
