{"id":38782,"date":"2019-01-21T16:50:34","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T16:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/unilever-launches-project-to-see-10-000-residents\/"},"modified":"2019-01-21T16:52:47","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T16:52:47","slug":"unilever-launches-project-to-see-10-000-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/unilever-launches-project-to-see-10-000-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Unilever launches project to see 10,000 residents access clean water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unilever, a multinational leading consumer goods companies, making and selling around 400 brands in more than 190 countries, launched three water sites built in Munini Sector of Nyaruguru District where residents are now be able to fetch water at Rwf10 per a 20 liter jerry can.<\/p>\n<p>The water facilities that have been constructed in three months are part of Unilever\u2019s project dubbed \u2018Sunlight Isoko y\u2019Isuku\u2019 worth Rwf45 million projected to see between 50 and 60 water facilities built in Nyaruguru District.<\/p>\n<p>The water facilities will also serve as shops for cleaning products made by Unilever including soaps sold starting from Rwf50.<\/p>\n<p>Nyaruguru District residents who have started shopping at Sunlight Isoko y\u2019Isuku project sites say the project is a solution to long distances they walked looking for water of which cleanliness they always doubted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore this project was initiated here, access to clean water was really a problem for us. We used to fetch water from stagnant sources in dams at long distances causing children to get late at school,\u201d says Alexis Ntazinda, a resident of Munini Sector. <\/p>\n<p>D\u00e9sir\u00e9 Manzi, a 17 year-old boy says the nearest place they could get water is the valley where he travelled for 30 minutes which saw him get tired and get late to school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had no other solution. I sometimes came at the water tap and found so many people which made me get late to school,\u201d Manzi said.<\/p>\n<p>Unilever\u2019s Rwanda Country Director, Kelvin Kuria, says Unilever started Sunlight Isoko y\u2019Isuku Project in order to improve the health of members of the communities where they work. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor us, Sunlight Isoko y\u2019Isuku Project is a way to show the community members that we work for them. Most of our customers are women and children. We only work aiming at improving their lives and social welfare,\u201d Kelvin Kuria said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will also prevent children from dropping out of school due to long distances they travelled looking for water which would take up to two hours. It will help parents also do other household works,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Kuria said the Project comes to support the Rwandan Government\u2019s program to see every Rwandan get access to improved drinking water and sanitation facilities by the year 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Only 0,85% of Nyaruguru District residents have water taps at their houses according to the District Mayor, Francois Habitegeko who said, \u201cWe are very happy of this project because with no other partners, we as the Government only can\u2019t reach the target to see all of our population get access to clean water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Habitegeko said now 70.3% of Nyaruguru District populations have access to improved drinking water and sanitation facilities while only 43% residents get water from not longer than 500 meters, which is in line with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). <\/p>\n<p>Unilever is a British-Dutch transnational consumer goods company selling food, beverages, cleaning agents, beauty and personal care products in 190 countries worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>The company started its operations in Rwanda in 2016 where it has two projects including the Tea project launched in Nyaruguru District in 2017 set to employ over 1000 residents with permanent job contracts.<\/p>\n<p>It followed Unilever\u2019s project to sell cleaning products including \u2018Sunlight soaps\u2019 traded by Zed Investment Ltd.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28035 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/sunlight_isoko_y_isuku_project_will_see_over_10_000_people_get_access_to_clean_water_in_nyaruguru_district.jpg\" alt=\"Sunlight Isoko y&#039;Isuku Project is set to see 10,000 people get access to clean water in Nyaruguru District\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28034 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/desire_manzi_says_he_will_no_longer_travel_long_distances_looking_for_water_in_valleys.jpg\" alt=\"Desire Manzi says he will no longer travel long distances looking for water which saw him get late to school\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28036 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/residents_were_delighted_to_get_the_new_water_facility_near_them.jpg\" alt=\"Residents were happy to see water facilities launched nearby their residence\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28037 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/sunlight_soaps_are_among_products_sold_by_unilever_in_rwanda.jpg\" alt=\"Sunlight branded soaps are among products sold by Unilever in Rwanda\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28033 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/unilever_country_director_for_rwanda_kelvin_kuria_said_unilever_wants_to_improve_health_of_the_population_in_communities_around_which_it_works.jpg\" alt=\"Unilver Country Director in Rwanda said the Project is in line with Unilever&#039;s aspiration to help communities improve health\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 10,000 residents of Nyaruguru District are set to get access to clean water through \u2018Sunlight Isoko y\u2019Isuku\u2019 Project launched under the auspices of Unilever on January 18th, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-38782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default 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