WASH News East Africa
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Tanzania: Osunyai school striving for better hygiene
13 Aug 08
Hygiene education is part of the curriculum at Osunyai Primary school some 6 kilometres from Arusha in northern Tanzania. However, the poor sanitation conditions prevent pupils and teachers from maintaining the minimum level of hygiene.The school has 2426 pupils (1175 boys and 1251 girls) and 44 teachers. There are only 8 latrines for 1175 boys [...]
Uganda: Kampala Slum Dwellers Turn to ‘Flying Toilets’
14 Jul 08
“Kampala’s population is soaring with many people living in slum areas. However, the law does not allow KCC, the major provider of sanitation services, to work with informal settlements, writes Frederick Womakuyu.An overflowing pit latrine empties its contents into a worm-infested drainage channel in front of Catherine Namubiru’s home in Kisenyi, a Kampala slum. Less [...]
Tanzania: Councils Get Sh62 Million for Water Schemes
14 Jul 08
“Local municipalities will spend Sh62 million from the 2008/9 Budget on water projects following the World Bank’s delay to implement pledged water projects in the country.The World Bank’s project, which will be implemented in 10 villages of each of the country’s districts, have been delayed due to lack of funds, Water and Irrigation deputy minister [...]
Uganda: Underground Water Resources Getting Depleted
14 Jul 08
“Asuman Manini grew up knowing water was free, and getting it was a woman’s job. But today the only borehole in his village, which was serving about 1,000 people, has dried up.As a result, he has to buy water at a cost of sh500 daily, an amount that is not easy to get in his [...]
Uganda: Washing Hands Campaign On
14 Jul 08
The Uganda Water and Sanitation Network (UWASNET) has launched a hand washing campaign to improve sanitation in the country. [...] The officer in charge of the project, Alex Mbagutta, said that most households especially in upcountry districts were still ignorant about sanitation. The campaign has been started in the districts of Lira, Mbale, Kiboga and [...]
Africa Academy to Boost Water Resource Management
14 Jul 08
The African Water Association in cooperation with the World Bank Institute and the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (Uganda) are planning to set up the African Water Academy to address water challenges in the region. The academy, “whose country of location is yet to be agreed upon, is being set up against the background of [...]
Ethiopia: Japan Inaugurates $ 10 Million Water Supply Project in SNNPR
14 Jul 08
A 10-million USD Japanese water supply project in Gurage, SNNPR region, was inaugurated on 6 July 2008. The Japanese Ambassador to Ethiopia Kinichi Komano that under this water supply project, the government of Japan had constructed 205 Shallow wells and rehabilitated 24 springs in 15 woredas in the SNNPRS and has provided equipment and machinery [...]
Uganda: European Union and UNICEF launch major water-sanitation project
12 Jul 08
UNICEF and the European Union have launched the “Sustainable WASH Initiative for the Rural Poor in 21 Districts in Uganda contributing to the attainment of the MDGs” project on 1 July 2008 at Bukuku Primary School in Kabarole District.The 4-year EU Water Facility (EUWF) project (2008-2011), is being implemented by UNICEF, the Ministries of Water [...]
Sudan: Water contamination threat in South
09 Jul 08
“The tankers that roar down the streets of the Southern Sudanese capital of Juba carry precious water, but health experts suspect much of what they deliver is contaminated.“The sources of the water are often contaminated, the containers used to ferry it are contaminated and the people [are unknowledgeable] about the best way to avoid diseases,” [...]
Kenya, Nairobi: Kibera’s Bio-Latrine
09 Jul 08
“Mary is a beneficiary of a new technology referred to as bio-latrine technology, which uses human waste and water to produce gas for lighting and domestic cooking - just like the biogas system. The gas is harvested from modern latrines that have been constructed in the slums with funding from the French government”.The French government [...]
