Flipchart 130907 Final.pdf - iwrm

FLIPCHART 1: The big picture
FLIPCHART 1: Isithombe ngokubanzi
Message: Respect for nature, working with nature, care and maintenance of resources
Notes to facilitator
1. Show participants the picture of bad practices. Ask them questions like the following ones:
a. What is wrong with the toilet Do you think it is located in the right place Why not
b. What other unhealthy practices can you see in this picture
c. Is it good that all the trees have been cut down Why not
d. Do you think the lady gardening has dug her vegetable garden the right way Why not
e. What condition do you think the soil is in Why do you say this Why do you think it is in this condition
f. What do you think the people in this picture feel Why do you think they feel that
g. Do the things that you see in this picture happen in your area
Possible answers to these questions are:
a. The toilet is falling down. It is also too close to the river so human waste is polluting the water.
b. A child is urinating in the river; the dog is drinking from the family’s water container; the water being fetched from the river is dirty; cattle are
eating the crops.
c. Chopping down the trees leaves the land bare. When it rains the water will run off the bare ground very quickly, washing away the fertile
topsoil and causing the river to flood.
d. The lady has dug her vegetable garden on the edge of a slope. When it rains heavily the soil will wash away, causing her to lose her
vegetables.
e. The soil is in poor condition. It is being eroded and there are not many crops in the garden. The woman may also be planting the same crops
every year in the same place, so that the nutrients in the soil have all been used up. The woman and her husband may also be too poor to
buy fertiliser to improve the condition of the soil.
f. The woman may be feeling frustrated and sad because she is not seeing results in her vegetable garden, in spite of the effort she puts into
it. The man in the picture does not seem to help her. Maybe he feels that no matter what he does, the situation they are in will not change. He
also may not have the knowledge or skills to improve the situation.
2. Ask participants what they think the people in the picture could do to improve their situation. As they make suggestions, put the
cards showing good practices in the correct spaces. If participants make suggestions that are not reflected on the cards, write their ideas on a
flipchart. When they have made suggestions, add others that they have not thought of.
Possible actions that the family could take to improve the situation are:
• Plant a row of indigenous trees. This will stop the topsoil from being washed away when it rains and help to prevent soil erosion.
• Install a rainwater-harvesting tank. (For information on how to install a tank, maintenance, etc., see pamphlet in facilitator’s pack.)
• Re-build the toilet some distance from the river so that the water is not polluted by human excreta.
• Spread a mixture of dried leaves and grass on the garden to make the soil more fertile.
• Start a compost heap using vegetable waste and dung from the cattle. This will decompose into rich compost for the garden.
• Fence the vegetable garden and mielies so that the cattle cannot eat them. If the land is well managed, there will be plenty of grass for the cattle to eat.
• Make sure that the fly screen on the toilet vent pipe is working properly.
• Clean the river water for the household, e.g. boil it for several minutes and leave it to cool in a clean container. Alternatively, add one teaspoon
of bleach to 10 litres of water and wait an hour before using it.
• Cut down alien trees growing near the garden. Fruit trees can be left because they are a source of food. Alien trees that use less water and are
further away from the garden can be left for firewood.
• Fill in the eroded holes/dongas with rocks.
• Talk to neighbours and help each other in the spirit of Ubuntu - share skills in the community.
Another possible action, which is not shown on the cards, is:
• Terrace the land so that rainwater moves over the land more slowly and can soak into the ground instead of all running off into the river.
3. Ask participants if they know how to do any of the things mentioned and could advise others. Ask where they think people could
go to get help to do the above things. (Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF) Toll free Number: 0800-200200.)
Definition box
topsoil: the fertile upper part or surface of the soil
nutrients: substances that feed the plants
compost heap: a pile of plant refuse and other organic matter that decomposes into compost, which is used to fertilise soil
soil erosion: the wearing away of soil by wind or water
Umyalezo: Ukuhlonipha imvelo, ukusebenza ngemvelo, ukunakekela kanye nokugcinwa
kwezidingongqangi
Amanothi omuntu osizayo
1. Khombisa abantu ababambe iqhaza izinto ezinziwayo ezimbi. Babuze imibuzo efana nalena elandelayo:
a. Yini engalungile ngethoyilethi Ucabanga ukuthi lisendaweni ekahle Kungani
b. Yiziphi ezinye izinto ezenziwayo ezingezinhle okwazi ukuzibona kulesi sithombe
c. Ingabe kuhle ukugenca zonke izihlahla Kungani kungekuhle
d. Ucabanga ukuthi owesifazane olime ingadi yemifino yakhe uyilime ngendlela efanele Kungani engayilimanga ngendlela efanele
e. Ucabanga ukuthi inhlabathi ikusiphi isimo Kungani usho lokhu Kungani ucabanga ukuthi ikulesi simo
f. Ucabanga ukuthi abantu abakulesi sithombe bezwani Kungani ucabanga ukuthi bezwa lokho
g. Ingabe izinto ozibona kulesi sithombe ziyenzeka endaweni yakini
Izimpendulo zale mibuzo ongazithola yilezi:
a. Ithoyilethi liyawa. Liseduze kakhulu futhi komfula ngakho amakaka abantu angcolisa amanzi.
b. Ingane ichamela emanzini; inja iphuza esitsheni samanzi omndeni; amanzi akhiwa emfuleni angcolile; izinkomo zidla izitshalo.
c. Ukugawula izihlahla kushiya umhlabathi usobala. Uma izulu lina amanzi azogijima masinyane emhlabathini osobala, kuzoguguleka inhlabathi
ephezulu evundile futhi kwenze ukuthi umfula ugcwale ngokweqile.
d. Owesifazane ulime ingadi yakhe onqenqemeni olwehlelayo. Uma lina kakhulu inhlabathi izoguguleka, alahlekelwe imifino yakhe.
e. Inhlabathi isesimeni esibi. Iyaguguleka kanti futhi nezitshalo aziziningi engadini. Kungenzeka futhi ukuthi owesifazane utshala izitshalo ezifanayo
minyaka yonke endaweni efanayo, bese kuthi ukudla okunempilo enhlabathini kusebenze kuphele. Kungenzeka futhi ukuthi owesifazane kanye
nomyeni wakhe bampofu kakhulu ukuthi bangathenga umanyolo wokwenza ngcono isimo senhlabathi.
f. Owesifazane kungenzeka ukuthi ukhathazekile futhi udumele ngoba akayiboni imiphumela engadini yakhe yemifino, nangale kwemizamo
akayenza kuyo. Indoda esesithombeni ayibukeki sengathi iyamsiza. Mhlawumbe icabanga ukuthi noma ngabe yenzani, isimo abakuso angeke
size sishintshe. Kungenzeka futhi ukuthi akanalo ulwazi noma amakhono okusenza ngcono isimo.
2. Buza ababambe iqhaza ukuthi bacabanga ukuthi abantu abasesithombeni yini abangayenza ukwenza ngcono isimo sabo. Uma
benza iziphakamiso beka amakhadi akhombisa ukwenza izinto ezinhle ezikhaleni ezifanele. Uma abantu ababambe iqhaza benza iziphakamiso
ezingakhonjisiwe emakhadini, bhala imiqondo yabo ku-flipchart. Uma sebezenzile iziphakamiso, faka nezinye abangazange bazicabange.
Izenzo ezinokwenzeka ezingenziwa umndeni ukwenza ngcono isimo yilezi:
• Tshala umugqa wezihlahla zendabuko. Lokhu kuzoqeda ukuguguleka kwenhlabathi ephezulu uma izulu lina futhi zisize ukuvimbela
ukuguguleka kwenhlabathi.
• Faka ithangi elingenisa amanzi emvula. (Ukuze uthole ulwazi lokuthi lifakwa kanjani leli thangi, ukulinakekela, njll., bheka incwajana
esemgodleni womsizi.)
• Ithoyilethi lakhe futhi maliqhele emfuleni ukuze amakaka angangcolisi amanzi.
• Sakaza ingxube yamaqabunga omile kanye notshani engadini ukuze uvundise umhlabathi.
• Qala inqwaba yemvundela usebenzise imifino elahliwe kanye nobulongwe bezinkomo. Lokhu kuzobola kube imvundela enothile yasengadini.
• Biyela ingadi yemifino kanye neyommbila ukuze izinkomo zingazukudla engadini. Uma umhlaba uphethwe kahle, kuzoba notshani obuningi
obuzodliwa yizinkomo.
• Qiniseka ukuthi isikrini sokuvimbela izimpukane emapayipini omoya ethoyilethi sisebenza ngendlela efanele.
• Amanzi asemfuleni azosetshenziswa ekhaya ahlanze, isb. abilise imizuzu eminingana amanzi bese uwayeka ukuthi aphole esitsheni
esihlanzekile. Okunye, faka ithisipuni elilodwa lwejikhi ku-10 litha wamanzi bese ulinda ihora ngaphambi kokuba uwasebenzise.
• Genca izihlahla zokufika ezikhula eduze kwengadi. Zingayekwa izihlahla zezithelo ngoba zingumsuka wokudla. Izihlahla ezizimilele
ezisebenzisa amanzi amancane futhi ezikude nengadi zingayekwa ukuze kwenziwe ngazo izinkuni.
• Imigodi kanye nezindonga ezigugulekile zigcwalise ngamatshe.
• Khuluma nomakhelwane nisizane ngomoya woBuntu – shiyelanani amakhono emphakathini.
Esinye isenzo esinokwenziwa, esingakhonjisiwe emakhadini yilesi:
• Yenza amathala emhlabeni ukuze amanzi emvula ezohamba kancane phezu komhlaba futhi azoshona enhlabathini esikhundleni sokugijimela emfuleni.
3. Buza abantu ababambe iqhaza ukuthi bayakwazi yini ukwenza nanoma yikuphi kulezi zinto ezishiwo futhi bangabeluleka
nabanye. Babuze ukuthi bacabanga ukuthi abantu bangayaphi ukuze bathole usizo lokwenza izinto ezingenhla. (Umnyango Wezindaba Zamanzi
kanye Namahlathi (Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF) Inamba yamahhala: 0800-200200.
Ibhokisi lezincazelo
inhlabathi ephezulu: ingxenye evundile ephezudlwana noma iphezulu lomhlabathi
ukudla kwezitshalo okunempilo: izinto ezondla izitshalo
inqwaba yemvundela: inqwaba kadoti wezitshalo kanye nezinto ezibola zenze imvundela, okusebenza ukuvundisa inhlabathi
ukuhamba kwenhlabathi: ukuhamba kwenhlabathi ihanjiswa umoya noma amanzi
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