She has spent several years in the sanitation industry, especially in the area of providing safe, clean, and environment-friendly toilet systems to homes, businesses, and communities across Africa to help bridge the sanitation gap.
With the support of Community leaders and other stakeholders, we find solutions to the many sanitation challenges and seek the support and generosity from our kind donors to help solve the challenges by providing decent toilet facilities, sanitation sensitizations and awareness campaigns.
Diarrhoea remains a major killer but is largely preventable. Better water, sanitation, and hygiene could prevent the deaths of 297 000 children aged under 5 years each year.
Open defecation perpetuates a vicious cycle of disease and poverty. The countries where open defection is most widespread have the highest number of deaths of children aged under 5 years as well as the highest levels of malnutrition and poverty, and big disparities of wealth.
Benefits of improving sanitation
Benefits of improved sanitation extend well beyond reducing the risk of diarrhea. These include reducing the spread of intestinal worms, schistosomiasis and trachoma, which are neglected tropical diseases that cause suffering for millions; reducing the severity and impact of malnutrition; promoting dignity and boosting safety, particularly among women and girls;
In 2010, the UN General Assembly recognized access to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human right and called for international efforts to help countries to provide safe, clean, accessible and affordable drinking water and sanitation.
Sustainable Development Goal target 6.2 calls for adequate and equitable sanitation for all.
Our goal, is to contribute in the prevention of diseases and to discourage the practice of open defecation by providing decent toilet systems in both urban and rural areas all over Africa.
