UNICEF: Hygiene education in remote Mali

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FADIEDA, Mali, 14 December 2009 The village of Fadieda is at the forefront of a new pilot programme in Africa. Its one of 15 villages selected by UNICEF and the Ministry of Environment and Sanitation to change the way it approaches sanitation.

Until recently, the inhabitants of this village did not use latrines, a very common occurrence in Mali. About 61 per cent of the rural population does not have access to improved sanitation facilites, causing serious health issues, like diarrhoea or eye diseases.

To put an end to this practice, UNICEF and its partners chose an approach that relies on the people themselves and on community leaders such as Sho Traore.

In the 15 pilot villages, 272 new latrines have been built and 95 have been rehabilitated. All latrines have been equipped with handwashing facilities.

Sho Traore will now has the task of spreading the news about good sanitation to other community leaders the programme is being expanded to 175 other villages throughout Mali.

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• UNICEF
• Mali
• Fadieda
• water
• sanitation
• Africa