Cameroon

Cameroon

Country statistics Population: 16. Mio. People without access to improved water source: 4.98 Mio. Child mortality: 14.8 % Source: United Nations Statistics Division Project Project start 2007 Training through promoters 50 000 users

In the beginning of the project we focused on the training of the households in the slums of Yaoundé, the capital city of Cameroun. Since this year we are working together with the medical faculty of the University of Yaoundé and have expanded our activities on other regions. As there is also an urgent need for water treatment in rural region, we are planning to introduce the SODIS method in these communities in collaboration with the local health authorities.

The project started in 2007. Together with local organisation, which are active since several years and well anchored in the slums, our partner AQUACARE is training the households in hygiene and the SODIS method. The promoters, who are themselves living in the slums, regularly visit the families. During these visits they verify if the trained household apply the method in a correct manner and motivate them to further improve the hygiene situation of the household.

Since 2009 the medical faculty in Yaoundé is teaching the SODIS method to medical students. During their practical work in a governmental health centre the students will have the task to train the health staff to become SODIS promoters.

Through partnerships with other development organisations the project intends to increase the promotion of the SODIS method. The government is also an important partner in the project. In collaboration with the health authority of the Mfou District we aim to promote the method through the health centres. In a later step we would like to introduce the method in the same way in other district.

In the slums of Yaoundé the method is already well anchored. More than 50’000 people are using it daily to treat their drinking water.

Local partner organisation

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