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Success Story

The Bureka project reduces WASH-related diseases

by rehabilitating water sources.

“ Since I began drinking water from the source, no one in my family has been admitted to the hospital

with typhoid.” said Mr. Robert KATEMA , beneficiary of the BUREKA project.

Water, sanitation, and hygiene ac- in the majority of residents fleeing aware of proper sanitation and hy-

tivities continue to be a major chal- for their safety. Robert is a BUREKA giene practices. Because there are

lenge in BUREKA’s intervention beneficiary who has benefited from no latrines, water sources are con-

area. Most people do not have ac- all of the project’s assistance (agri- taminated, particularly during the

cess to clean and safe drinking wa- culture, WASH and VSLA). Howev- rainy season. Robert and his fami-

ter. Furthermore, they do not have er, Robert is sharing his experience ly have been collecting water from

access to adequate hygiene services. with WASH assistance in his village. the protected sources for drinking

ADRA, through BUREKA, planned There were no rehabilitated sourc- and other household uses since the

to improve access to safe water es in the village prior to ADRA’s in- water sources were rehabilitated.

through water source rehabilita- tervention. The community lacked “Since I began drinking water from

tion and a community campaign on access to clean and safe drinking the source, no one in my family has

good hygiene practices. water. The majority of people used been admitted to the hospital with

to get their water from unprotected typhoid.” As a result, the money I

Robert KATEMA lives in the village sources. used to spend on hospital bills is now

of Kamundele, in the health zone “I spent a lot of money with my chil- available for other purposes, such

of Kamonia, in the health area of dren in the hospital.” My children as paying my daughter’s school fees

Mukuandjanga. He is a farmer and were diagnosed with typhoid and and purchasing food for my family.”

the father of three children, two other water-related diseases ev- I’d like to express my gratitude to

girls and one boy. Claudine KATE- ery time they were admitted to the ADRA/USAID for their assistance.

MA, her eldest daughter, is 20 years hospital. This had a significant im-

old, Mbombo KATEMA, her second pact on my financial situation be- I am speaking as an individual, but

daughter, is 18 years old, and her cause the little money I had saved the impact of WASH activities is

son, Lufalanga KATEMA, is 14 years was used to pay hospital bills, and felt throughout the community. We

old. thus poverty knocked on my door,” used to report so many cases relat-

Kamundele is a small village on the said Robert, one of the BUREKA ed to WASH activities here, but for

outskirts of Mukuanjanga located project beneficiaries in Kamundele. the time being, the cases have de-

along the Luangatshimo River. The creased dramatically, and the com-

village is occupied by diamond min- Robert father added that because munity is at peace.

ers. The village was impacted by in- the village is made up of small-

ter-ethnic conflict, which resulted scale miners, the majority are un-

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