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If you eat, then you must own and use a toilet
by Contributors - Oct 17, 2019By Temple Oraeki A visit to some of the public schools in the suburbs of Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory revealed the decadence and stark reality of children without access to a toilet. In most of the... -
Rural Women as Catalysts to Promote Safe Hygiene and End Open Defecation in Nigeria
by Contributors - Oct 16, 2019In Nigeria, about 50 per cent of the population live in rural areas. But this group of people are disproportionately served and have less access to WASH services than their counterparts in the urban areas. ...Read More -
Inadequate Infrastructure Forces Hospital to Prematurely Discharge Postpartum Mothers
by Contributors - Jun 1, 2019BY ISAAC OTWII LIRA, UGANDA – Authorities at Lira Regional Referral Hospital in Northern Uganda have raised alarm over inadequate infrastructures to accommodate expectant and postpartum mothers. A senior nursing officer at the hospital, Sr Nanyongo... -
Healing Malawi’s Environment Through Natural Regeneration
by Contributors - May 12, 2019By Kelvin Tembo MALAWI – Before 2015, farming used to be a profitable business for Josephine Nyika, a farmer from Kajikhomere village in the area of T/A Mzikubola in Mzimba. Blessed with thick forests that guaranteed normal... -
How Bio-Centres Can Help Africa Eliminate Open Defecation
by Contributors - Apr 7, 2019By Kelvin Tembo Kibera, Kenya – Twenty years ago, Peter Umbeka now 52 years of age left his village, Nyaza in Kisumu County in Kenya for the Capital City of Nairobi in search of better opportunities.... -
South African Church raises R1million to help Mozambique Cyclone Survivors
by Contributors - Apr 6, 2019By Ray Mwareya Beira, Mozambique – Hundreds of rural communities were plunged into food crisis after Cyclone Idai tore through central Mozambique on March 14, humanitarian workers say. The Mozambique government estimated that more than 700,000... -
Pregnant mothers shy away from antenatal service in Lira
by Contributors - Mar 25, 2019BY ISAAC OTWII LIRA, UGANDA – Health authorities at Amach health center IV in Amach Sub-county, Lira District in Uganda have decried low attendance of antenatal care services by secondary pregnant mothers. Jennifer Atim, a health... -
Alebtong Residents Struggle with Water Supply
by Contributors - Jan 2, 2019BY ISAAC OTWII ALEBTONG, UGANDA – Residents of Omoro sub-county in Alebtong District have to spend hours fetching water enough for domestic use. Ms Helen Abol, a 41-year old resident of Awile-awula village in Omoro Sub-county wakes... -
Zimbabwe Smugglers Bring Mixed Blessings as Prices Triple at Home
by Contributors - Jan 2, 2019By Ray Mwareya Chimanimani, Zimbabwe – Mozambique´s vast porous border with east Zimbabwe is now a boon for beverages, medicines, used car tyres, and combustible fuel smugglers who are out to dodge Zimbabwe´s punishing prices and... -
“Adequate Math, Science Proficiency Prerequisite For A Nation To Attain High-Income Status,” Says President Kagame
by Contributors - Mar 27, 2018Kigali, Rwanda – Human progress is grounded in the mastery of science and mathematics, Rwanda President, Paul Kagame has said. In his welcome address at the ongoing Next Einstein Forum in Kigali, Rwanda, President Kagame said researchers...