Monday 1 June 2009

Uganda: The survey

We went to two locations today, each with five hundred bedkits: the towns of Rukiga and Kabale. The day began with a group of village women dancing, singing, clapping, and drumming to show us their appreciation.

Under the hot sun, in a pasture field, I lead the children in fun actions to keep them occupied until the distribution started.

Surveys are a very important part of distributions in order to provide the most useful bedkit for the designated area. When a local translator was available, two of us started the surveys. We asked the questions to father, mothers, grandparents, boys and girls like:
  • What do you like best in the bedkit?
  • What was the most useful / least useful item?
  • Do you have a mosquito net at home already?
  • What colour do you prefer the net to be?
  • What might they suggest be added to the bedkit?
  • How long do they hope their child will go to school?


Shirley Aerts for the Uganda team

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