Health, Hygiene & Sanitation Workshops Kenya

Student Movement for Real Change

Health, Hygiene & Sanitation Workshops - Kenya

From September to December 2008, SMRC worked with the community to conduct a series of four 10-day workshops with 160 participants from the Kayafungo. Health facilitators from the Muthaa Community Development

Foundation (MCDF) led the workshops.

Topics included: Personal hygiene

CommonNutrition

Water treatment.Latrine Construction

Waste water disposal.Ecological alternatives in

sanitationFirst Aid.

Trainer of Trainers

Workshop participants are now Community Health Trainers and have the responsibility to train others in the community and in the schools on

better health practices.

Emily Karechio, the lead health facilitator from MCDF, lectures women on household water filtration techniques.

Workshop participants observe how to build a standard latrine.

Community Health Trainer Program

During our Community Health Trainer (CHT) program in February 2009, selected CHTs from each sub-location trained pupils in every school

where we installed hand-washing stations.

The CHTs explained to the students the reasons they should wash their hands, how often to do it, and the best technique to ensure effectiveness.