(MENAFN- Gulf Times) The Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has completed a number of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) projects in Central Equatoria and Northern Bahr El-Ghazal, in South Sudan that has benefited 84,600 people.
Such deliveries are spearheaded by QRCS and Adeso, an African charity and development agency with funding from the Qatar Fund for Development.
The works involved drilling artesian wells, setting up toilets with sewage pumps, and providing hygiene kits to promote sanitation in the local community.
Chieftains, camp authorities, and international organisations took part in the inauguration ceremony, attended by QRCS' eastern and central Africa co-ordinator Nawal Kamel, together with representatives from the health, water resources, and social welfare ministries.
The participants commended QRCS for contributing to epidemic control efforts by securing clean water, environmental sanitation, and health education.
The projects aim to improve public health conditions and prevent pandemics in Africa, especially in South Sudan, where humanitarian conditions of displaced populations are alarming due to the political unrest.
The WASH is QRCS' first project in South Sudan, which has been widely swept by cholera, diarrhea, and other communicable diseases. According to camp and health officials, QRCS is the first humanitarian organisation to reach out to this part of the country with much-needed water resources, sanitation facilities, and hygiene supplies.
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