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Everything has its own time

--> It’s been a while since I last posted and I realise that I haven’t really talked about how the work is going here. Work started quite slowly as we were constrained by the lack of a cohesive youth group to work with. The group only formed in January so it’s been a challenge trying to strengthen the group and build confidence in the members to believe that they can achieve something if they decide to take action. One of the highlights of our group formation process and our time so far, was definitely our first Community Action Day (CAD). We took a group decision to raise awareness of good hand-washing practice, as this is not common knowledge in the village. Many people use soil and ash or just water to wash their hands and we felt that by visiting the three village primary schools to give a short talk and demonstration about good practice, we would reach the greatest number of people since all households are multi-generational. In an