Hello hello! Morganne and Eda here, sending a report straight from Tamale!
Monitoring has been busy since the end of our Winter Global Leadership Program (shout out to our #sahappytobehere crew!). As you might know, we opened our 100th water business in January, which means 100 villages to get out to and check up on! Here’s the latest from the first 2 months in our newest communities:
| Village | Full-time Monitor | How’s it going? | Center Status | Household Visits | Lab Samples |
| Defisa | Amin, he visited on March 31st | Jahama and Lukaya said sales are going well, however the dugout is very turbid so they have to use more alum to make sure the water is clean! | Polytank is ½ full and the 3 “Blue” Drums were empty | 5 out of 6 households had water in their safe storage containers | The Polytank sample came out clear! |
| Juni | Wahab, he visited on March 27th | The dugout has dried because the rainy season hasn’t started yet. Wahab spoke to Jamila who said sales were going well and the women are ready to treat water as soon as the rains come! | PT Empty and 3 “Blue” Drums empty | No household visits because the dugout is dry | No lab samples were taken this visit. The polytank was sampled earlier this month and came out clean! |
| Kpumi | Peter, but Shak visited on March 29th while Peter monitored our Salaga communities | The water is getting very turbid but sales are still going well! | Polytank is more than half full and the 3 “Blue” Drums were empty | 4 out of 6 households had water in their safe storage containers | No samples were taken this visit. The polytank was sampled earlier this month and came out clean! |
| Labariga | Peter, but Shak visited on March 29th while Peter monitored our Salaga communities | Fusheina said sales are going well and they treated water yesterday afternoon! | Polytank is more than half full and the 3 “Blue” Drums are empty | 4 out of 6 households had water in their safe storage containers | No samples were taken this visit. The polytank was sampled earlier this month and came out clean! |
| Parishenaaya | Wahab, he visited on March 30th | Salamatu said some farming families have returned to Parishenaaya so sales have picked up a bit! | Polytank is more than half full, 3 “Blue” Drums are empty | 5 out of 6 households had water in their safe storage containers | No samples were taken this visit. The polytank was sampled earlier this month and came out clean! |
| Tuya | Wahab, he visited on March 30th | Mohammed, who helps with the center when the women travel, said sales are going well and that the recent rains increased the water level in the stream! | Polytank is more than half full, and 3 “Blue” Drums are full but don’t have alum yet | 6 out of 6 households had water in their safe storage containers, YAHOO! | No samples were taken this visit. The polytank was sampled earlier this month and came out clean! |
| Zuro | Peter, but Shak visited on March 29th while Peter monitored our Salaga communities | Abiba said everything is going well! | Polytank is ¼ full, and 3 “Blue” Drums are empty | 3 out of 6 households had water in their safe storage containers | The polytank sample came out clean! |
And our newest solar businesses:
| Village | Full-time Monitor | How’s it going? | Center Status | Household Visits |
| Chihigu | Peter, but Eric visited on March 28th while Peter monitored our Salaga communities | Hawabu said everything is going well! | There were 8 phones and 6 batteries charging at the center | All 6 households had working and fully charged lanterns, yay! |
| Jagberin | Wahab, he visited on March 27th | Ramatu said sales are going well but some farming families have left because their dugout has become very turbid. As soon as the water level increases these families will be back and increase solar sales! | There were 15 phones and 8 batteries charging at the center | All 6 households had working and fully charged lanterns, wahoo! |
Special thanks to our Winter 2017 Field Reps who got these 9 communities off to a great start! Ti paya pahm!
