Tippy Taps and Fly Traps

On the VHW course this week we have been teaching the students about Environmental Health. One of their activities was to build a functioning tippy tap. The purpose is to be able to wash your hands using very little water - perfect if you have a very small water supply or you have to filter/purify all your water, or carry it a long way from the source to where you need it.

There are lots of methods for making tippy taps and they are used in many countries. We watched some videos on-line first then we made our own. 

We got 3 foot-operated taps working well 😅 and the students seemed to really enjoy this practical task.

Martyn came to demonstrate how to make a fly trap today. He made some very successful traps in NZ last Summer when we were inundated flies at home. All we needed was a used plastic water bottle, and unfortunately there are plenty of those lying around here, some scissors or knife, and some tape.

Tomorrow we will find out if they found anything stinky to bait the traps with, and see how many flies they caught. There aren't that many flies around at the moment though. 

We had a visit from a Kiwi family, Jenny, Jessie and Paul Faulkner from Nelson. They are here for a holiday and were keen to see what was happening on the course, especially Jenny who is a nurse. They are also keen to meet up with us volunteers and find out about life in Vanuatu.