Oxfam in Afghanistan- Water and Health promotion in Kandahar
Case study created in December 2004
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Do you know where your poo goes? The people of Kandahar
do - right past their front door. Credit Gareth Price-Jones/Oxfam |
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Oxfam’s Deputy Country Representative in Afghanistan was
given a tour of our work in Kandahar.
“As well as working to improve the water supply, we are also
investing in improving hygiene, because without that clean water
won’t make a great deal of difference to people's health.
“One part of the programme is to replace the standard toilet
here (a tiny pit with a board over it, that dumps the waste straight
into the narrow road) with an improved latrine that has a washable
porcelain commode and a two pit, ventilated septic tank that acts
as a very basic filter before the waste water ends up in the open
sewer.
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If you look carefully at this door you can see the Oxfam
symbol explaining that staff have done health training with
the occupants Credit Gareth Price-Jones/Oxfam
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People are also taught about health and hygiene so they know the
best way to prevent the spread of disease. Once this has been done
a special coded Oxfam symbol is made on the door to their house
to show that our staff have given the occupants training. This helps
us monitor our work and make sure that we reach as many people as
possible.
Find out more about Afghanistan and Oxfam's work there on the main
Oxfam
GB website.
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