By RODRICK DESURI
Auki
The community members in Ward 14, in Lau Baelelea constituency, have expressed their appreciation to R-WASH for facilitating a sanitation training earlier this month.
The training was made possible for the communities through the efforts and plans of their Ward Development Committee and their MPA for Ward 14, David Solo Baerara.
In an interview, the Ward Development Committee Chairman, Knoxley Atu said that the training is part of their development plan for Ward 14.
He said that they decided to undertake a sanitation project because they have not seen any changes when they spent their ward grant on agriculture, fisheries, and forestry projects.
“This initiative is part of our plan with our MPA, David Solo Baerara. We are moving forward with this sanitation project because our ward grant is insufficient.
“Also, in previous years, we have spent the grant on agriculture, forestry, and fisheries projects, but there have been no changes at all,” he said.
He said that during their training, the facilitator practiced and showed the community representatives how to make toilet bowls and a small house to accommodate them.
“In this project, we have just brought a facilitator from R-WASH to teach us how to make the bowls and build blocks,” he said.
He said that the community members enjoyed the training and learned a lot of new knowledge about how to make the toilet bowls.
Meanwhile, Atu said that they have completed building sanitation facilities for the communities in two zones within Ward 14 and have yet to start in the last zone of their ward.
“Currently, we have completed building good sanitation for our communities in two zones and are left with one zone,” he said.
He added that not only did the community benefit from the initiative, but churches and schools within their ward also had access to this initiative.
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