Masindi residents praise WaterAid

Apr 05, 2012

Residents of Kirasa One and Kirasa Two villages in Masindi Municipality have commended WaterAid and Vision Group for promoting hygiene and sanitation in their villages.

By Joseph Baguma

Residents of Kirasa One and Kirasa Two villages in Masindi Municipality have commended WaterAid and Vision Group for promoting hygiene and sanitation in their villages.

The commendation was made after pupils of Kirasa Parents’ Primary School WASH club carried out hygiene and sanitation activities in the two villages last week.

The pupils slashed, swept, burnt rubbish and sensitized the community about the importance of hygiene.

“The children challenged us. This has forced us to throw our garbage in rubbish bins before town council can pick it,” said Christine Aundo, a shopkeeper at Kirasa One trading centre.

 Erias Abdul Moga, the LC2 chairperson Kirasa Two village noted that the WASH project was shaping the children’s understanding of hygiene and sanitation. He appealed to the residents to manage their garbage responsibly by having rubbish bins at household level.

A Primary Six pupil and a member of Kirasa Parents’ School WASH club, Godfrey Tumusiime, appealed to the community to stop dumping rubbish at a garbage site near the school. “People dump rubbish in this pit and we are always troubled by the choking smell, which emanates from the rubbish especially when it rains,” he said.

Your  Letters
 
Thank you WaterAid
Thank you WaterAid for promoting hygiene and sanitation. I wish to remind readers about personal hygiene. Do not forget to clean your ears and fingernails everyday. 
Long live WaterAid!
Joweria Nabakka, P6, New Bubajjwe Primary, Bwaise
 
WASH project is a blessing
Thank you for introducing the WASH project in our school. Before we read about the WASH project we used to urinate in a bush near our school and our school latrine was dirty. We didn’t even mind using a dirty toilet. WASH programme has improved our general cleanliness.
Erick Opoka, P7, Masindi Army Barracks Boarding Primary
 
Friendship with houseflies 
People in my community have become close friends with house flies. There are rubbish pits everywhere and people dump their rubbish in streams, swamps and use polythene bags as their toilets. I wonder what will happen when the rain returns.
Phillis Nasio, The Bright School, Bwaise
 
Improve hygiene in our school
Most toilets in our school lack clean water and soap for washing hands after visiting them. Children also urinate everywhere and on the toilets, which makes the place smell bad. People also throw rubbish everywhere making the compound dirty.
Denis Ayikobua, P6, Arua Demonstration School
 
We need a protected well
We have a serious water problem in our school. We usually use dirty water from swamp in case we are to clean our latrine floor. We are requesting the Government to give us a protected well.
Saddam Hussein, P6, Kamurasi Demonstration School, Masindi

Don’t wear wet knickers
Girls, please, always wait for your knickers to dry before you wear them.
When you wear wet knickers, it could make your private parts to itch or smell. People will also avoid you because of the smell.
Suzan Ker, Masindi Tropical School
 

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