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World Toilet Day comemmoration
Published on: 22/11/2023
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World over, the sanitation question poses a huge threat to the wellbeing of the citizenry. The situation is more dire in developing countries where questions around access and affordability are yet to be completely answered.
In Uganda’s rural areas, 22.9% of the population practices open defecation, yet sanitation is still underfunded and often neglected—posing devasting consequences on public health and the national economy. With just seven years to agenda 2030, it is critical for stakeholders to act five times faster if the country is to realise the desired ambition.
The commemoration served as a springboard upon which awareness was created regarding the impact of living without safely managed sanitation services and laid foundation for adoption of improved and standard toilets as stipulated in the newly formulated Kabarole district Sanitation Ordinance.
The DSHCG covers only up to five villages yet the sanitation and hygiene status in most villages is poor. IRC, through the collaborative commitment with Kabarole District Local Government to improve WASH services in communities, supplemented the DSHCG under the James Percy grant, to jointly implement the activities to increase access in all the 31 villages of Kicwamba. Every household is reached with information and skills to acquire and maintain good standards of sanitation and hygiene.