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Supporting Health from School to Community in Mbita Sub County, Homa Bay County

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Activities from Octber 2016 to March 2017

  Ⅰ.Activities of Project Design Matrix

 1.Kenya Comprehensive School Health Programme (KCSHP)

（１）Fourth school health audit using Zonal School Health Checklist

CHV conducting an interview to a pupil
at Kuge primary school
CHV giving interview at Uya primary school

（２）Feedback of the fourth school health audit results and action plan making workshop


Officers from the MOH and MOE giving guidance to teachers on
how to prioritize problems and make action plan


Teachers from Nyamuga special school and Utajo primary school explaining to other teachers
how they managed to score on areas that many schools did not score well


Giving audit results feedback to teachers at Usare primary school conference hall and Mbita Sub County Director of Education, Mr. Oloo, addressing closing remarks of the workshop


（３）The third KCSHP awarding ceremony

School bus ferrying teachers and pupils to the venue
Registration of participants done
with the help of CHVs


The hosting head teacher of Kamsama primary school giving welcoming remarks
and pupils raising flags of National and Nagasaki University

Pupils from different schools
singing the National Anthem
Kamsama primary school pupils giving a folk song

Corner stone academy pupils presenting a poem
CHVs presenting a song on health to the audience

Opening remarks from Sub County Director of Education
Speech from Sub County Public Health officer

Dr. Akiyama, school health expert giving a speech
Community members listening to speeches from speakers


Homabay County Director of Education and Homa Bay County Director of Health
giving their speeches respectively


Officer from school health department from MOH Nairobi and officer incharge of school health
from MOE Nairobi giving their speeches respectively

Bronze award presented to Usungu primary school
Silver award presented to Kaswanga primary school

Gold award presented to
Mbita point international school
Diamond award presented to Mbita academy


Best small school award presented to Living waters academy and the most improved school award presented to Usao primary school respectively by the officers from Nairobi

Waregi primary school awarded for
having the best health club
The best school, Utajo primary school awarded

Attendees getting to the venue
at Kamsama primary school
The awarding ceremony was helped by many CHVs


  ２．Basic sanitary infrastructure

（１）Handing over ceremony of the installed rain water harvesting system at Kamgere primary school

Putting Nagasaki and JICA stickers on the water tank
The head teacher Kamgere giving thanks
for the support

Public health officer talking to pupils
on water safety
Nagasaki University staff giving instruction on maintenance

② Handing over ceremony of the installed rain water harvesting system at Kaswanga primary school

Putting Nagasaki and JICA stickers on water tank
PHO addressing teachers, parents and pupils on water safety

Nagasaki University staff giving an overview of the project
Group photo with pupils, teachers and parents


（２）Construction of a 4 door girls VIP latrine at Usungu primary school

BOM meets Nagasaki University team
to make agreement
Supervision of the proposed site for construction

Abolished pit latrine for girls
Contractor, head teacher and school health teacher
on the site


  ３．Health education

（１）Survey of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on health and sanitation in the community


CHVs from Mbita East and Rusinga confirming names from the guardians list
to be used during household visits

Confirmation of the names from the guardians list
On the way to the household

Interviewing a community member in Rusinga
Interviewing a community member in Mbita West

Conducting interview in Mbita East
Total of 472 community members were interviewed
Sometimes taking interview by the road side


  Ⅱ．Other activities under the project

 １．Mbita School Health stakeholders meeting


Officers from Ministry of Education, Health, Water, Agriculture, Social and children, Development and partners working in schools represented in the meeting in January 2017


  ２．Participation in meetings organized by National level and Homa Bay County


Project coordinator participated and made presentation of the project at Partner/Stakeholders Meeting organized by MOH Division of Family Health、Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health Unit

Homa Bay County Water and Sanitation, Hygiene Technical Working Group Meeting
Nagasaki University staff making presentation at The Second National Sanitation and Hygiene Conference attended with County coordinators of WASH and partners


  ３．Support for Global Hand Washing Day


Kitare primary school pupils fetching water from the water tank which was supported by the project and an ECD classroom under the tree

Kitare primary school pupils singing a folk song
Girls presenting a poem to the audience

Speech from Sub County Public Health officer
Nagasaki University staff teaching importance of
hand washing


Giving instruction on how to wash hands properly to pupils together with CHVs


  ４．Oral check by Nagasaki University dentists


Nagasaki University dentist team conducting oral checking at Mbita point international school


  ５．Courtesy call by the Chancellor team of Okayama University of Japan


Project coordinator making presentation of the project to the Chancellor team of Okayama University


  Ⅲ．Cooperation with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

 １．JICA investigation team in Mbita

Follow up by JICA investigation team on Community Health project done in 2009-2011 with the support of JICA

Interviewing the counterpart, Mr. Ajwala,
from Homa Bay County
Supervision at Tom Mboya Health Centre

Motorbike given to Tom Mboya Health Centre
Interview done to community health volunteers

Courtesy meeting at Mbita Sub County education office
Interview with Nyasumbi primary school head teacher


  ２．Visit by Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer (JOCV)


Ms. Yamawaki who is a JOCV in Siaya County Health Office visited the project


  Ⅳ．Others

 １．Support for Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP)

Bondo township primary school in Rusinga applied for GGP of the Embassy of Japan to construct classrooms in 2015. The proposal was approved by the embassy in June 2016 and finally approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Japanese government in October 2016


Head teacher and the BOM chairman of Bondo township primary school and other beneficiaries from different Counties invited to the Embassy of Japan for the signing of agreement in November 2016

Congestion in iron sheet classroom
Learning taken under a tree due to lack of classrooms

Temporary shifted iron sheet classrooms
Construction of the foundation for the 9 classrooms

Signboard showing the construction area
Monitoring the work progress by officer from　Embassy of Japan and the school BOM

10,000 litres water tank for
rain water harvesting installed
Current view of the work


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