The right to health and well-being is a fundamental right. This is the main motivation for the series of social mobilizations organized as part of the health component of our Millennium Villages Project in Potou.
From May 7th to May 14th 2018, a team from our Millenium Villages project, headed by Mr. Djiby Sy, in charge of infrastructure (Water, sanitation, hygiene), traveled the villages of Longhor, Thiaréne, Ndiamb Fall, Ndialégne and Taré in the region of Louga in Senegal with the mission of sensitizing communities on good hygiene behaviors, ultimately aiming at reducing diarrheal diseases and cases of malnutrition in these areas.
The objectives of these social mobilizations are:
• Sensitize communities, especially mothers and children on the risks associated with the use of unsafe water;
• Raise awareness of the importance of handwashing at key moments, before eating for example;
• To allow households to master the chain of water purification;
• To help communities assimilate good hygiene behaviors.
The operation, covered by the local Radio of Léona, raised the awareness of nearly 300 people who also benefited from donations of sanitary products such as bottles of liquid soap, handwashing devices, bottles of chlorine and Aquatabs tablets to purify water.
In order to perpetuate awareness raising, women's groups will continue to regularly visit households to ensure that good practices are maintained.