Today
was the officially first day to work for WASH in Zambia. I met staff in WASH
Southern Regional office in Choma, Zambia. In the morning, I had a meeting with
Alfred Chushi, Chongo ADP manager, Brenda Chilala: Regional DM&E officer, Dorothy
Monde: WASH regional manger, Doreen Chizyuka: administration coordinator, Michael
Chiyombwe: Magoye ADP manager, Daniel Ngulube: Kalomo ADP program manager, and
Immanuel Opong, Regional Director. I had a presentation about LiST and my work
in Sierra Leone. I was impressed that WASH team is ready to work under the
great leadership of Dr.Opong. Zambia has 72 District and 13 Southern districts,
and WASH intervention has been implemented in Southern area since 2010.
In
Zambia, there is staple food called, Nshima, made of maize flour. It was almost
same shape and taste as fufu in Sierra Leone and Ugali in Tanzania. Bravo! I have
finally started using my hands to eat Nshima since I came to Zambia. No spoon
needed. I had no more rejection symptom to tear of Nshima and immerse the
chicken soup with bare hands.
In
the other side of the regional office, I saw the equipment that was needed for
borehole construction. It normally takes half a day to construct one borehole. I
will go to the field tomorrow to see how boreholes have had impact on community
people and how they have been maintained.
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