WaterAid Malawi has said it will intensify its project seeking to ensure that health centres and communities in Ntchisi have access to water, sanitation and hygiene (Wash) services in the district.
The organisation’s head of programme delivery Lucy Jubeck Mungoni said this on Tuesday in Mponela, Dowa during a training for Ntchisi District Council and health officials to discuss how to sustain the Wash services the organisation is providing in the district.
She said their objective is to work with the council in fulfilling the district’s Strategic Investment Plan.
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“I appeal to participants to ensure that they work with communities in safeguarding the Wash infrastructure that the organisation is constructing in
different communities in the district,” said Mungoni.
Ntchisi District Council director of health and sanitation services Alexander Chijuwa thanked WaterAid for complementing government’s efforts in ensuring improved water, sanitation and hygiene services to the communities in the district.
“Before their intervention, most health facilities were facing Wash challenges. They have assisted us and their presence in the district has been impactful,” he said.
On his part, Ntchisi District Council chairperson Maloto Chimkombero described the training as crucial, saying it gave them a platform to discuss issues affecting communities in the district.
He said: “As leaders, we will work with people in our respective areas to ensure that we influence behaviour change and sustain the project.
“We will ensure that we utilise the knowledge that we have gained for the betterment of our district in improve access to water, sanitation and hygiene services.”
The organisation, through its 150 Healthcare Challenge Project, is working in almost 13 health centres in the district in providing Wash services through installations of water and hygiene facilities as well as behaviour change interventions.
WaterAid Malawi has also constructed improved toilets and placenta pits in health facilities in the district
