Last weekend members of Isaac Newton High School Humanist Association (INHUASSO) – students and teachers – launched a new Community Service Volunteer Program with a sanitation and hygiene drive in the community near the school.
They went to the homes of 8 needy families, 5 of whom have students at Isaac Newton High school on scholarships for bright but needy children. They worked to improve pit latrines which were in very sorry state; many were almost collapsing 
and others were full to overflowing. Most of the latrines, which had tree logs as the floor, were rotting and cracking and generally found to be in very sorry and dangerous situation as you can see from some pictures. The programme involved constructing new covers on the pit latrines.
The students did some other work around the home, including:
- constructing platforms for laying utensils after washing,
- providing bar soap to wash hands after visiting the latrine,
providing Jerry cans to contain water for washing hands after latrines,- teaching members of the families how to wash hands properly after visiting latrines,
- clearing grass around the houses to deter snakes.
The volunteers also visited the local primary school to encourage the children to enrol at Isaac Newton School, when they complete their primary schooling.
Some local families were found to comprise very elderly 
grannies taking care of very young grand children, whose parents had died or gone away for work. The volunteers hope to be able to help families like these and others in future. The volunteering activities will be done on Sundays when the other Christian members of the school attend prayers.
Also, last Sunday, there was a second general meeting of the new Isaac Newton Community Based Organisation. The purpose of this meeting was to share expertise in order to plan 
for the new planting season. It was agreed to use a room in the reception house near the school gate as a farmers shop, where farm inputs will be bought in bulk from wholesalers and sold to members at cost price. This will reduce substantially the cost of farm inputs, such as fertilisers, seed and stock food, and help to raise productivity on the local farms.
Peter Kisirinya
Director, Isaac Newton High School
Humanist school’s Community Service Volunteer Programme
Posted: February 28, 2017 by Steve Hurd
They went to the homes of 8 needy families, 5 of whom have students at Isaac Newton High school on scholarships for bright but needy children. They worked to improve pit latrines which were in very sorry state; many were almost collapsing
and others were full to overflowing. Most of the latrines, which had tree logs as the floor, were rotting and cracking and generally found to be in very sorry and dangerous situation as you can see from some pictures. The programme involved constructing new covers on the pit latrines.
The students did some other work around the home, including:
The volunteers also visited the local primary school to encourage the children to enrol at Isaac Newton School, when they complete their primary schooling.
Some local families were found to comprise very elderly
grannies taking care of very young grand children, whose parents had died or gone away for work. The volunteers hope to be able to help families like these and others in future. The volunteering activities will be done on Sundays when the other Christian members of the school attend prayers.
Also, last Sunday, there was a second general meeting of the new Isaac Newton Community Based Organisation. The purpose of this meeting was to share expertise in order to plan
for the new planting season. It was agreed to use a room in the reception house near the school gate as a farmers shop, where farm inputs will be bought in bulk from wholesalers and sold to members at cost price. This will reduce substantially the cost of farm inputs, such as fertilisers, seed and stock food, and help to raise productivity on the local farms.
Peter Kisirinya
Director, Isaac Newton High School
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