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Gitega Water and Sanitation

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AFRICA:

Gitega Water and Sanitation

Anglican Aid is partnering with the Diocese of Gitega to provide rural communities with access to clean water. 

Many rural and regional areas of Burundi lack water infrastructure. This means that people are driven to collect and consume water from contaminated sources. 

Half of the children in Burundi aged less than 5 years old suffer from diarrheal diseases which generate delays in physical and intellectual growth. The main cause of these diarrheal diseases is drinking contaminated water and poor hygiene in households.

Together with the local church, Anglican Aid is helping people in the Nyagisenyi community to access clean water. Local partners are identifying springs that are being protected to provide a reliable source of clean water. Locals are being trained to maintain the improved springs, and are learning sanitation practices which prevent disease.

The effect of clean water does not stop with reduced disease. It minimises medical costs and strengthens the labour force, decreasing the economic burden that sickness often brings to households. School attendance and performance is also improving as children no longer need to walk long distances to fetch water. 

Through your support, churches in Burundi are providing their communities with life-giving clean water in the name of Jesus.

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