Tanzania
Yombo School
In May 2002 a study tour set out to Tanzania, led by Stewart Petrie.
The assembled group met with teachers at Yombo School in Kiwalani close
to Dar es Salaam, that was the site of a project to provide the school
with safe water for the first time for the 6,000 pupils. This work was
carried out over some months by Water for Kids volunteer Rob Couch who
worked with a school "water committee" to ensure the supply
would be sustainable. Rob also carried out lecturing on the new Environmental
Health degree course at Mhimbili University in Dar es Salaam. Yombo School
celebrated the opening of its first water supply early in 2003.
Kijimo
Water for Kids committee member Caryn Hall has been working with Kijimo,
a women's cheese making co-operative in Arusha. She provides guidance,
hygiene equipment and over clothing and in 2002 met with Arumeru District
Council where she discussed the technical advice available to groups such
as Kijimo.
