Checking in from South West Bay Malekula, a little village called Lawa where we’ve just completed four days of Drinking Water Safety Security Planning, the DWSSP, a bit of a tongue twister, but we got through the whole process. From describing the supply, looking at risks, then coming up with community and water committee actions for improvement.

There was a lot of good feedback from the participants, I met a lot of really nice people and spent a week in the community so its been a really nice time. We found out a few risks, quite big ones for the water supply in Lawa that the community wasn’t aware of but are now feeling pretty empowered moving forward in how they might be able to manage them. So really good outcome and I’m looking forward to coming back sometime to see how it’s all working out.

These workshops are a recent development in Vanuatu to help work towards the Sustainable Development Goals of access to safe drinking water by 2030.

Plenty more places to visit on the water safety planning side of things, so I’ll keep you updated.