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NEWS in brief Around Africa He said that the project will cost about Sh36.9 billion and another Sh5 billion for compensation. toilets in their homes, followed by China with 607 million; Indonesia, 109 million and Pakistan, 98 million The water project, to be located on the border of Kitui and Makueni counties, is being financed jointly by the government and the African Development Bank (AfDB). Already, 90 per cent of compensation for land has been done and the rest are set to be compensated before the project officially commences. Thwake Dam will be 77 M high and 22 Km long, which makes it appear like a lake. According to World Health Organization, WHO, data, 2.4 billion people are living without a toilet worldwide, while 10 percent of people meet their toilet needs out of doors. Only 39 percent of the world’s population use a toilet that is connected with safe sewage system. Also, it is believed that 10 percent of the world’s population consumes food that has been smeared with waste water. The Contract was awarded to China Gezhouba Construction Group Corporation. According to Amnesty International, millions of women and girls must walk at least 300 metres from their homes to find a suitable place to satisfy their toilet need. Nigeria By 2030, the Sustainable Development Goals, specifically SDG 6, aim to reach everyone with sanitation, and halve the proportion of untreated waste water and increasing recycling and safe reuse. 108 Million Nigerians Lack Toilet Facilities – UN Despite huge technological, scientific and industrial advances, an estimated 108 million Nigerians still lack access to toilets, the United Nations stated yesterday on this year’s World Toilet Day, on the theme WastewaterCurrently, available data show that 67 percent do not have a decent toilet, 33 percent lack clean water, and 26 percent practice open defecation. According to WaterAid, Nigeria will only be able to deliver a community source of clean water within a 30-minute round trip to everyone by 2039. JANTECH ENGINEERING LTD Manufacturers of Hot Water Cylinders, Pressed Steel Water Tanks Hot Dip Galvanizers & General Steel Fabricators WaterAid is an international non-profit organization set up in 1981 as a response to the UN International Drinking Water & Sanitation decade. At the current rates of progress, it is estimated that Nigeria will never reach the point where everyone has the basic sanitation services. The United Nations also notes that women and girls, who meet their toilet needs out in the open, sometimes become vulnerable to rape and other forms of sexual violence. Elevated Pressed Steel Water Tanks Other countries India, with approximately 818 million people without toilet access, leads the list of countries where people have no Ground Pressed Steel Water Tanks Hot Water Cylinders Maasai Road, P.O. Box 45268 - 00100 GPO Kenya Tel: [phone] Cell: 0727 531040, Fax: 553938, 536422, Email: [email protected] or [email protected] 6 Africa Water, Sanitation & Hygiene • November - December 2017