Sanitation Updates

Harriet Achen stands in front of an expectant crowd, betraying no sign of nerves. The 14-year-old’s portrayal of a rural Ugandan mother of five is convincing. She busies herself setting children tasks to help prepare a family meal and her fellow actors scuttle around obeying Achen’s every command.

The floor is swept, each dish is properly covered with white cloth and, crucially, everyone washes their hands before the meal begins. Fellow actor Emmanuel Achibu looks hungry. He recites a rushed prayer, collapses on the floor and pretends to eat in one fluid movement. The crowd erupts in laughter.

There is a serious message being delivered alongside the comedy. Achen and Achibu, from Amorikot primary school in Katine sub-county in rural northern Uganda, are performing a series of plays and poems at a National Sanitation Week event, organised by the African Medical and Research Foundation (Amref). The aim is to help raise awareness of sanitation issues among the Katine community.

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