b'Being members of the Mother Club has brought the women of the village closer togetherLoome Mother ClubThe entire village gathered to welcome us,WASH training and have begun their second. when we arrived at Loome, including theThe first thing they learned was how essential Chief, Togbui Koto Taga, who thanked us forhandwashing is to their health, to encourage remembering his remote village, where hishandwashing before cooking and eating, and to people were suffering. He thanked us for givingencourage children to wash their hands after them the gift of water and gave us blessings forschool. They learned about the importance of the success of all our projects.drinking clean water, that they should store drinking water in containers with lids, and how He told us the borehole had been broken onto keep the area around the borehole clean to and off for the last 12 years, and during thatprevent contamination. time people had come to repair it, but it had broken again and again until eventually, no oneBeing members of the Mother Club has brought came to repair it. The women in the village hadthe women of the village closer, and together been collecting water from a nearby river onthey keep the whole village clean and teach the the other side of the forest, and sometimeschildren how to work together, which was clear from the borehole in a neighbouring village. Theduring our visit. One member told us that when women were aware that the water from theshe had a baby, the other women had bought river was dirty and knew that as a result, manyher soap and gathered wood for her because people, especially older people and children,she was too weak. were suffering from stomach aches, but they didnt have a choice.When asked what their dreams are for the village, the women replied that they wish to The women have already noticed that sincebe able to afford school fees and they hope the borehole was repaired, fewer people arethat one day their children will go to university getting sick, and they are happy that they dontand gain degrees so that they can work for an have to walk as far to collect their daily water. organisation like IADES or Deki and help them The 27 members of the Mother Club haveto develop their village.already completed the first module of their'