For more than 10 years AMU and CASOBU have been carrying out actions to provide drinking water in several villages in Ruyigi province.
Burundi is one of the five poorest countries in the world, with almost 65% of the population living below the poverty line. Access to healthcare is paid for and only workers in the formal public sector and a small portion of private workers (less than 1% of the population) are covered by insurance. In this context, access to drinking water (an essential condition for good health) is still difficult and denied to a large part of the population; as is the use of ecological and controlled latrines. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt_T0yBUDtwlist=PLfcAWPz4i7I4yp1a9mUoVAjlnWp9xipRoindex=1 The project aims to extend the existing network to all the communities in the area and in the hills of Nombe, Nyarunazi and Kigamba/Rubaragaza. In parallel, the drinking water supply network in Karaba-Misugi-Kigamba will be restructured. The construction, maintenance of infrastructure and water management works, as always in AMU projects, will directly involve the population and local authorities. The project also includes the construction of eco-sustainable latrines for some families in the community and at the primary school in Nombe. To address the challenges related to access to healthcare, the action aims to raise awareness and help beneficiaries to structure themselves in a community health mutual or join existing community health mutuals, in order to respond to the current difficulties related to access to healthcare. The project was realized with the contribution of CEI – Italian Episcopal Conference
