Hello everyone! Yesterday after we blogged, we split up into two groups. One group went to visit three clusters. Cluster discussions went better than expected! we talked to 3 clusters and they all were excited.
The three houses we visited had big roofs and we took pictures of them so we can then estimate their sizes. We localized all of them on a map.
The householders from each cluster brought up very interested thoughts too.
The first cluster suggested that she could probably pay all the money alone in case the other families do not want to pay for it. She said that when her neighbords want water then they would have to pay her. However we thought that they all should contribute in order that they all feel comfortable in going to the house to get water.

The second cluster suggested to create a common "bank" where every family of the cluster could deposit the money as soon as they have it. If they have the money at home there is always something to spend it on. We thought that this may be a good idea, but will have to discuss more how something like this could be implemented.

For the third cluster, the woman who owned the household where the tank was decided to be built was on the waterboard.

The other team, Daphne and Steven (me!), went into Masaka to buy materials. We managed to purchase tools for making the ferrocement tank (spades, etc) and got custom-made tools for helping to compact clay for the compacted clay prototype! Along with that, they we found where to buy waterguard and got the materials needed to make the SODIS prototype. It took a lot longer to get everything than we thought, but we were back by nightfall. Taxis in Uganda are crazy!

The next day we also got a lot accomplished! In the morning we looked around for clay in order to line the compacted clay tank. Daphne suggested lining the tank with clay, firing it (by putting a fire in the hole), and then seeing if it can hold water. We think that the community might accept it, if we sell it as working similar to a big pot in the ground. We found a clay brick-maker who said that he would be able to sell us clay for a pretty low price. So, if the clay tank works, and is accepted by the community, it will be a far cheaper option than even ferrocement!



Later in the day, we got to making prototypes. We built the SODIS prototype and the incubator. We had a long discussion about how to make the first flush prototype and a group left to Masaka to buy materials.