Trip to Sangar

A few weeks ago I got a chance to head out with our field team - this doesn't happen often for me as I'm in the office all day. I was very excited because this area is quite off the beaten track and supposed to be very beautiful. Plus its great to see what the teams are up to. This day Simon, our new Watsan Manager, was sizing up some boreholes to see if they were ready for a cattletrough. The cattletrough is just like it sounds, a wide trench connected to a long channel from the borehole to collect the extra water that is pumped out. If there is no cattletrough, the animals will come right up to the borehole, which presents a number of problems including animal dung that contaminates the water & spreads disease as well as broken concret around the handpump that can lead to contamination as well. I have learned a few things since I've been here!