Workshop teaches how to build hand-washing stations

Amelinette McGilbert, an employee with Northern Navajo Medical Center, connects a foot pump to the hand-washing station she assembled on Aug. 14 in Upper Fruitland.

Water pours from a hand-washing station that was assembled during a workshop on Aug. 14 in Upper Fruitland.

Dishpans and sink drains are among the components to create hand-washing stations on Aug. 14 in Upper Fruitland.

Roy Lee Hosteen, Four Corners Program Coordinator with Red Feather Development Group, cuts a trash bin lid as part of the work to alter the item into a hand-washing station on Aug. 14 in Upper Fruitland.

Upper Fruitland resident Tim Clani attaches a foot pump to his hand-washing station during a training session in the community on Aug. 14.

Bradley Boyd, an employee with Northern Navajo Medical Center, steadies a PVC pipe as it is cut on Aug. 14 in Upper Fruitland.

Bradley Boyd, an employee with Northern Navajo Medical Center, works on his hand-washing station on Aug. 14 in Upper Fruitland.

Upper Fruitland resident Tim Clani attaches a washer fitting to his hand-washing station during a workshop in the community on Aug. 14.

Red Feather Development Group taught community members how to build hand-washing stations in a workshop on Aug. 14 in Upper Fruitland.

Farrell Tom, a Northern Navajo Medical Center employee, fastens the faucet he made from PVC pipe on Aug. 14 in Upper Fruitland.

Upper Fruitland resident Tim Clani carries the hand-washing station he constructed during a workshop in the community on Aug. 14.

Participants work with materials like PVC pipe and cutters to assemble hand-washing stations on Aug. 14 in Upper Fruitland.