Residents of Cyanika, Burera district attribute the increase of infectious diseases to inadequate sanitation in their households over stony land which prevents to dig toilets’ deep holes.
Residents expressed their views on this Monday 2nd November 2015 during the launch of maternal and child care week organized by Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC). They called for help to eradicate the problem of inadequate sanitation to improve their livelihoods.
Talking about challenges residents encounter, Nkurunziza Alphonse said that it is difficult to dig the depth of one meter because of the land’s structure which prevents deep penetration over stony land.
He declared it to be the major cause of inadequate sanitation that results in the contamination of infectious diseases.
Mukeshimana Providence, a community health councilor attributes the lack of proper toilets to diseases even though she tries to mobilize residents to clean existing ones.
Sembagare Samuel, the mayor of Burera district promised to find solution through community work and the assistance of partners.
Sembagare shared that last year 2000 households had improper toilets adding that the matter will be solved not later than December 2015.
The executive board of RBC noticed that the one week campaign launched aims at saving children and mothers lives since they get affected easily.
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