Man today was a great day!
It was our first day of in person interviews!
As I am sure that many of you know, (from reading some of the past blogs) we have 4 different types of interviews! The one that we did today was what we called the in-house interviews and today was focused on those who were using the system. If you would like to read a little more about the different types of surveys we are conducting, please feel free to read the blog entitled "Sunshine, Surveys and Smiles".
When we arrived in Munini we were greeted by a large group of people! They had all come to be interviewed under the category of those "using the system". We were excited by the number of people who were there and were interested in what we were doing because it shows that they too are invested in what we are doing.
This first day of in-house surveys didn't go quite as according to plan. Despite the fact that we were thrilled by the number of people that had come to talk to us, the surveys were actually designed to be conducted on a person to person basis. However, because so many people had come right at 8:30, we felt it inapproprate to keep them waiting in the community center for the entire day. So we ended up having everyone who had come to take the survey take it all at once.
It was our plan from the start to interview the men and women seperately so as to have both a male and female perspective reflected in our data. We asked the men and women to sit seperately so as to ensure this happened. A majority of the people who had come were able to read and write (the surveys were already in Kinyarwandan) and they took the surveys without help. Others who weren't able to read quickly or write had the aid of both Jacques and Willy.
After everyone had completed the survey, we had each man and his wife turn their surveys in together, so we knew which two surveys were related and in the same family.
After this, we asked that 4 seperate families stay so that I could interview each member on an individual basis. We had 2 families from Munini, 1 family from Gasebya and 1 family Nyrotosho volunteer to stay and talk with us. I was able to at this point introduce the more in person and intimate form of interviews. I was able to ask questions that pertained directly to the individual and their situation and in doing this gained a lot of insightful and helpful information.
After 3 hours of these in person interviews and after talking to both the man and woman of 4 families, we did water testing at the Munini site.
After this it was time that we headed home!
Overall the day was very good! For the in-house surveys (for those not using the system) we will be doing on Monday we have asked Jacque that the families come one at a time so that we are able to talk to them all in the personal manner we did for the 4 families at the end of the day today.
Tomorrow it is our plan to hike the volcanoe near to us, Mt. Bisoko. We are able to do this because tomorrow is Sunday and both Willy and Mezack (our translators) are pastors and therefore must return home to give their sermons. We can't achieve too much without a translator so we are looking forward to an early start tomorrow!
We will continue to write blogs and stay in touch!!
With much love and many smiles from Rwanda!
Nikki
It was our first day of in person interviews!
As I am sure that many of you know, (from reading some of the past blogs) we have 4 different types of interviews! The one that we did today was what we called the in-house interviews and today was focused on those who were using the system. If you would like to read a little more about the different types of surveys we are conducting, please feel free to read the blog entitled "Sunshine, Surveys and Smiles".
When we arrived in Munini we were greeted by a large group of people! They had all come to be interviewed under the category of those "using the system". We were excited by the number of people who were there and were interested in what we were doing because it shows that they too are invested in what we are doing.
This first day of in-house surveys didn't go quite as according to plan. Despite the fact that we were thrilled by the number of people that had come to talk to us, the surveys were actually designed to be conducted on a person to person basis. However, because so many people had come right at 8:30, we felt it inapproprate to keep them waiting in the community center for the entire day. So we ended up having everyone who had come to take the survey take it all at once.
It was our plan from the start to interview the men and women seperately so as to have both a male and female perspective reflected in our data. We asked the men and women to sit seperately so as to ensure this happened. A majority of the people who had come were able to read and write (the surveys were already in Kinyarwandan) and they took the surveys without help. Others who weren't able to read quickly or write had the aid of both Jacques and Willy.
After everyone had completed the survey, we had each man and his wife turn their surveys in together, so we knew which two surveys were related and in the same family.
After this, we asked that 4 seperate families stay so that I could interview each member on an individual basis. We had 2 families from Munini, 1 family from Gasebya and 1 family Nyrotosho volunteer to stay and talk with us. I was able to at this point introduce the more in person and intimate form of interviews. I was able to ask questions that pertained directly to the individual and their situation and in doing this gained a lot of insightful and helpful information.
After 3 hours of these in person interviews and after talking to both the man and woman of 4 families, we did water testing at the Munini site.
After this it was time that we headed home!
Overall the day was very good! For the in-house surveys (for those not using the system) we will be doing on Monday we have asked Jacque that the families come one at a time so that we are able to talk to them all in the personal manner we did for the 4 families at the end of the day today.
Tomorrow it is our plan to hike the volcanoe near to us, Mt. Bisoko. We are able to do this because tomorrow is Sunday and both Willy and Mezack (our translators) are pastors and therefore must return home to give their sermons. We can't achieve too much without a translator so we are looking forward to an early start tomorrow!
We will continue to write blogs and stay in touch!!
With much love and many smiles from Rwanda!
Nikki
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