FOOD HYGIENE AND SAFETY IN PADER MARKET

FOOD HYGIENE AND SAFETY IN PADER MARKET

DO WE REALLY BUY SAFE FOOD FROM THE MARKET?!

 

In my visits to the market in Pader town, North Uganda, on several occasions, I have found a situation characterized by poor storage, poor health conditions of the food handlers, dirty selling environment and poor sanitation in the market

 

Posts above and below show Geoffrey conducting Heath Education to the market vendors in

 Pader market

 

What about the sanitary facilities that the vendors are using? The Town Council authority has endeavored to construct VIP latrines in the market for use, so let's see what is happening in the latrine.. Is it being used well??

It looks like as a very nice latrine, but what about inside? Let's see...

The post above shows the nice latrines constructed in the market for public use; however, below is the floor of the above latrine: see how dirty it is! Feaces everywhere and nowhere to step to enter the latrine! What is the problem? What people are not using these latrines properly? Is it due to human attitude??

I indeed have made an attempt to sensitize them in order to use and maintain the latrines properly, I hope for a change! I will pay back visit in two weeks time to see if there are changes and will continue to help sensitize these community members again in the future.

Personal hygiene at school is important!

On many occasion, personal hygiene in schools has been neglected both by pupils and by teachers. For this reason, I took my initiative to visits some schools within my town to assess the status of school-going children on personal hygiene.

Do you know what the findings are??

Primary school pupils do not know how to keep themselves hygienically, especially with regard to hand washing. 

With the initiative I made, I was able to sensitize Primary School pupils of Piapir Primary School in Pader District, North Uganda, on personal hygiene. This will help to reduce the spread of communicable diseases among primary school pupils, such as water wash diseases and many others. I am planning to visit other schools and pass them the same health message. Children are receptive to these messages and it is important to teach them about hygiene topics since they are young. In many cases, once they receive the messages, they can also be able to spread them themselves in theirs families, contributing to health promotion.

 

The picture above shows Geoffrey conducting health education to pupils in Paipir Primary school, Pader District.