Kenya: Latrines Uplift Community

EFFORTS by the community to build latrines in flood-prone Nyakach district have reduced cases of water-borne diseases by more than 70 per cent.

The district public health and sanitation officer Anne Osero said the district used to record 2,000 diarrhoea cases a month but now records 200.

The community-led total sanitation project which is funded by World Vision Kenya has seen an increase in latrines in Nyakach from 10 per cent to over 90 per cent.

The project has seen residents take up the construction of latrines and cleaning up the area as income generating activities.

The district public health and sanitation officer Anne Osero said the district used to record 2,000 diarrhoea cases a month but now records 200.

Osero made the remarks when she received a delegation from Unicef Somali who came on a fact-finding mission. During the celebrations some villages were diclared clean zones because resident make proper use of latrines.