Bintaro Lama

On Thursday the 5th of November part of grade six went to Bintaro Lama. The reason we went there was because grade six is learning about water and how people in parts of the world get it and clean. In Bintaro Lama WatSan has a project there helping the people of the kampung clean their water so it is safe to drink and use. I went to stations 2, 4 and 6. In these stations we learnt ways on how they clean water and how they use it.

Station 2: PHP hand washing for kids and adults.

This station is about people wash their hands. They have to wash there hands after they have pooed because once they have pooed, they have no toilet paper to clean butt, instead they have to use their hands. Once they are done they go to have food they touch it and it gets contaminated with the nasty germs of their poo. Here they also teach people on how to be hygienic, by putting soil on top of the poo so no flies can get to it. WatSan also taught them many other ways to keep themselves safe for harmful bacteria.

Station 4: Ceramic and PUR filtering.

At this station we learnt one on how they clean their water so it is potable. The ceramic filter is a big filter with a ceramic piece on top where they poured the water in. Once they poured the water in, they had to wait 8-10 hours on till the water was clean enough to drink and cook with. If they wanted water to have in the morning they would put the water in the ceramic filter at night and in the morning they would be able to use it. With PUR they put in the powder and wait of a while, soon when all the dirt has settled on the bottom they put it through a filter several times until it is clean.

Station 6: Air Rahmat and aquataps.

Air rahmat is a product that you have to put in special amounts of it for the amounts of water. You pout in the Air rahmat and shake it for 30sec and then put it in the sun to wait 30minutes until the water is potable or usable. The Aquataps are many used for emergency because it is a very fast method of clean water. WatSan put the Aqautaps in and wait about 5-10 minutes until the water is clean to use.

I really enjoyed myself and found it very amazing on how many ways people in Bintaro Lama have to get clean water, but the down turn is it takes a lot of effort and time for them to get the clean water they need.