World Water Day: The Malawi Federation Way

World statistics on sanitation are scary and heart wrecking: 2.6 billion people are living without adequate sanitation. Yet this figure cannot tell what it means to live without proper sanitation. It cannot illustrate the plight of sub-Saharan women in face of no proper toilets. In Malawi the majority of the population uses pit latrines. However, open defecation in some areas is widespread. And when it comes to pit latrines, the sight of them is gusty.

The Federation has launched a sanitation project that will target all the six districts in the northern region. The photo on the left shows the baseline conditions in the region.

People in the northern region of Malawi will now access soft loans to construct Ecosan toilets. It is time to tone down on rhetoric. It is time to match word with ACTION.

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