24 Jul 11 - UNAMID assists local environmental campaign in El Fasher

24 Jul 2011

24 Jul 11 - UNAMID assists local environmental campaign in El Fasher

24 July 2011 - UNAMID started yesterday to provide logistic support to an environmental campaign organized by local authorities in El Fasher town, North Darfur. The campaign that will last for 6 weeks is aimed at reducing health risks among the population, particularly cholera and other waterborne diseases during the rainy season.

The main activities of the operation are cleaning households and the immediate living environment, fumigation of houses to eradicate rats, and filling potholes along the roads to eliminate mosquitoes breeding ground. The campaign will cover markets, affluent neighborhoods of El Fasher business districts, internally displaced persons camps and peri-urban residents.

The Mission is assisting the initiative with the provision of dump trucks and graders for the solid waste collection and transportation to the dump site. Furthermore, UNAMID will empty the septic tanks at the local hospitals and educational institutions to ensure good sanitary conditions and minimize health risks at those locations

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