Today the last family latrines in Banhine had started to be constructed.
The provision of dignified housing and a latrine fulfils the Right to Housing foreseen in the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. It allows children to grow and live in a healthy and safe environment. Housing promotes the psychosocial development, feelings of protection, comfort and safety.
In the rural areas the population has four times lesser probability of using improved sanitation infrastructures and 39% of Mozambican population does not have a latrine. This way diseases are easily and quickly spread ending up by resulting even in deaths, mostly children.
The continuous support provided by CMC (Cascais City Hall) to UPGPortugal brings hygiene, health and dignity to rural communities in Xai-Xai!