Home again!

I'm so excited to be back in South Africa again. It's been 4 years since I last came home. I arrived on Tuesday night and have spent all my time thus far in the townships (formal and informal/tin shack settlements) around Cape Town. I put together an in-depth interview questionnaire and have been conducting interviews with families in their homes with the help of an interpreter. These families attended a year-long health and hygiene program teaching them about all aspects of personal, home, and environmental hygiene. The purpose of my visits is to see how effective the program was in helping these families sustain hygienic behaviors and knowledge - so far so good! Here are some pics from the areas I’ve visited so far: