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(EN\/FR)<\/strong> In this enlightening exchange, Uzma Khan from India and Daniel AKUTSIBWE Mumbara Fahrenheit from the Democratic Republic of the Congo delve into the critical issue of SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation. Their letters explore the various challenges and progress in ensuring access to clean water and proper sanitation in their respective countries. Through their correspondence, they offer valuable insights into the local efforts and ongoing struggles related to environmental sanitation and water accessibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Letter 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear B<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hi! This is Uzma Khan from St. Xavier’s College Ranchi, India and your partner A in the global pen friends project. I believe conversations turn out fruitful when we know each other well. So, here I give an introduction of myself, also I would be awaited to know you well enough. I’m one of the two children of my parents. I’m currently in 2nd semester of my 1st year in the college pursuing BA Geography Honours. My lifestyle is simple in nature and I love to write poems. Our common goal is SDG-6 , clean water and sanitation for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I chose this goal as my preference among other SDGs because I see the availability of clean water and basic sanitation of daily human requirement as a very core and integral need to live life in good health. If somebody faces the unavailability of basic amenities like water and sanitation, it would  gradually turn out very difficult to spend their life in a healthy manner. Shortage of these amenities could drive them to several unbearable conditions like dehydration, diseases like cholera, sanitary issues etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sanitation is a very wide term and can be perceived in various different aspects variably. In general, sanitation would simply include water related issues, sewage etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But sanitation cannot be achieved to its full potential until its other aspects are also considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sewage and proper management and treatment of waste play a vital role in ensuring good sanitation. Although waste management has been given Integral focus globally, some countries and cities still lack this facility. Sewage treatment is very important as it leads to several problems if they are not managed. Every year numerous children and even adults lose their life due to living in areas near open drainages and nearby dumping of wastes. This waste dumping at neighborhood areas has a very bad impact on not only residents of the region but also on the stray animals residing there. These animals breed on those wastes and sometimes die due to choking or food poisoning. Cities and places that are more frequently prone to floods should pay immense attention to their drainage system.  Considering the example of my country India, we have numerous cities with a very proper and well managed drainage system as well as well setup well set up waste management be it household waste or industrial waste. However, we do have some cities which lack good sewage.  In some regions of the northern plains, we face flood almost every year in monsoon, however overtime we have managed to reduce the damage caused by these floods by properly designing our drainage. This depicts how we are systematically developing as a nation in terms of facilities,  and still some aspects are to be developed under the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Water is as basic as air and its availability is something no nation, no society, no individual should be deprived of, as it is needed just like breathing. In the current global scenario, we see several nations that face acute shortage of water at times of summer. This is because we fail to perceive the importance of water and that it should be used wisely. Many people around the globe die of cholera because of unavailability of clean drinking water. Assuring availability of proper drinking water and enough water to achieve basic sanitation is a core task of any government or nation working to serve its people. Shortage of water is a very prevalent issue as we can very frequently see news of people dying because of lack of food and water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from including water related aspects,  women biologically have different sanitation needs as well. During the menstruation period, utmost cleanliness and sanitary accessories are needed to ensure good health. Negligence of unavailability of these, leads to catastrophic outcomes in the long run. Many women, in slums and other undeveloped regions face acute shortage of sanitatory needs, due to which they are subjected to various different diseases or different infertility or sometimes even lose their life during child birth. Sanitation needs should be overlooked from every sphere to ensure wellbeing of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently in the month of February, I was on a visit to a village in the outskirts of my residential city Ranchi, under the banner of a Village Outreach Programme with an initiative to spread awareness on social taboos, sanitation and career goals for children. During my visit, I took time to explore the area around, to my disappointment the washrooms were very under equipped and the area was quite dirty. Further while having a conversation with the  residents, I discovered that they are very unaware of how important sanitation is. Women there, still have no knowledge of sanitary accessories and their usage. After the visit I realised that there are still areas with immense shortage of basic amenities and knowledge which is a matter of concern. By the way how’s the condition of sanitation and especially women sanitation in your region?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that, I have stated my perspective about the sanitation and its related aspects, I am very much eager discover how you percept sanitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Letter 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ch\u00e8re Uzma,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Je vous esp\u00e8re encore dans un \u00e9tat de bonne aisance, je suis \u00e9galement bien portant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J\u2019ai lu avec grande attention tous vos messages, c\u2019\u00e9tait un grand plaisir de savoir beaucoup plus sur votre pays, l\u2019Inde, via ceux-ci surtout en ce qui concerne la mani\u00e8re dont est poursuivi l\u2019ODD-6 dans votre r\u00e9gion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

De prime abord, j\u2019ai constat\u00e9 une similitude dans la perception et la compr\u00e9hension de cet objectif chez vous comme ici en RDC mais il se manifeste quelques nuances dans la r\u00e9alisation de tout ce qui doit \u00eatre fait pour une bonne optimisation de cet ODD-6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comme je vous l\u2019avais dit dans mon pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent texte, notre pays a encore beaucoup d\u2019efforts \u00e0 fournir en mati\u00e8re d\u2019assurance d\u2019un bon approvisionnement en eau aux populations et un bon assainissement des milieux dans lesquels nous habitons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dor\u00e9navant, les \u00e9tablissements scolaires, tant publics que priv\u00e9s, montrent un visage bien positif sur cette question. Ils mettent tout en \u0153uvre pour qu\u2019il n\u2019y ait pas de faille dans cette disposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C\u2019est le cas de mon universit\u00e9, l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Catholique de Bukavu, qui a des installations ad\u00e9quates dans tous ses campus pour un bon drainage de l\u2019eau venue des sources s\u00fbres mais \u00e9galement; l\u2019on remarque l\u2019existence, un peu partout dans tous les campus, d\u2019un syst\u00e8me de collecte des d\u00e9chets compos\u00e9 de nombreux poubelles; il sied de noter que l\u2019efficacit\u00e9 de ce syst\u00e8me est associ\u00e9e \u00e0 la prise de conscience des \u00e9tudiants qui fr\u00e9quentent tel ou tel autre campus, d\u2019assurer une bonne gestion des d\u00e9chets afin de garder leur site assaini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C\u2019est dans ce m\u00eame angle que les autorit\u00e9s universitaires, facultaires et m\u00eame les \u00e9tudiants, ceux de la facult\u00e9 d\u2019agronomie majoritairement et ceux des premi\u00e8res ann\u00e9es de m\u00e9decine, des Sciences; font parfois des s\u00e9ances de sensibilisation sur l\u2019assainissement de l\u2019environnement en vue de maintenir des espaces favorables \u00e0 la sant\u00e9 de nous population mais \u00e9galement pour maintenir de bons terrains d\u2019agriculture afin d\u2019obtenir une meilleure production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

N\u00e9anmoins, du point de vue communautaire, il se manifeste \u00e9galement une volont\u00e9 de garder le milieu propre, la population prend de plus en plus conscience des actes essentiels qu\u2019elle doit poser afin d\u2019\u00e9viter certaines pathologies hydriques, dues \u00e0 l\u2019insalubrit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Par ailleurs, nous sommes \u00e9galement confront\u00e9s \u00e0 des probl\u00e8mes de crue pendant la saison pluvieuse, causant  parfois de tragiques inondations, des \u00e9boulements de terre \u00e0 r\u00e9p\u00e9tition du fait du relief montagneux dominant dans notre contr\u00e9e. Cette situation se vit partout dans la r\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo, elle est \u00e0 la base des coupures et blocages de certaines route par la mont\u00e9e des eaux ou par \u00e9coulement des ponts; des pollutions d\u2019eau; etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C\u2019est s\u00fbr que notre pays a encore du pain sur la planche dans le secteur d\u2019environnement, de son assainissement et dans l\u2019approvisionnement en eau, nombreux d\u00e9fis doivent \u00eatre surmont\u00e9s et des efforts doivent \u00eatre men\u00e9s afin de monter le cap; nous esp\u00e9rons \u00e0 une \u00e9radication radicale dans les temps qui viennent \u00e0 la suite des alternances commenc\u00e9es \u00e0 \u00eatre remarqu\u00e9es.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toutefois, la RDC est un pays qui a de fortes potentialit\u00e9s hydrographiques n\u00e9anmoins elles demeurent toujours inexploit\u00e9es. Suite \u00e0 cela, nombreuses agglom\u00e9rations, villes et contr\u00e9es font face \u00e0 de multiples probl\u00e8mes de grande envergure en ce qui concerne l\u2019acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l\u2019eau potable. Par exemple, ici \u00e0 Bukavu, une ville entour\u00e9e par des multitudes sources d\u2019eau, l\u2019approvisionnement en eau potable semble \u00eatre un probl\u00e8me persistant du fait que certains coins de cette grande ville de l\u2019Est de notre pays n\u2019ont pas acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l\u2019eau potable, certains quartiers semblent en \u00eatre \u00e9pargn\u00e9s mais l\u2019acc\u00e8s n\u2019y est pas \u00e9galement permanent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Situation similaire \u00e0 ce qui se vit de l\u2019autre c\u00f4t\u00e9 \u00e0 Goma, le chef-lieu de la province du Nord-Kivu o\u00f9 il est tr\u00e8s difficile d\u2019\u00eatre couvert permanemment en eau potable, certains quartiers sont m\u00eame coup\u00e9s du r\u00e9seau d\u2019approvisionnement pendant de nombreux jours ce qui m\u00e8ne \u00e0 la population \u00e0 parcourir des grandes distances pour chercher \u00e0 s\u2019approvisionner en eau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tout cela n\u00e9cessite des actions d\u2019\u00e9radication rapides afin de garantir un bon acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l\u2019eau potable \u00e0 tout le monde et \u00e9viter des pires cons\u00e9quences susceptibles de faire surface en cas de continuit\u00e9 de la mauvaise gestion de ce syst\u00e8me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En d\u00e9finitive, nous esp\u00e9rons juste que les choses vont s\u2019am\u00e9liorer au fil des temps et avec la transition dans les habitudes de nos concitoyens que ce soit dans le cadre du maintien d\u2019un bon assainissement et assurance d\u2019une bonne gestion des d\u00e9chets, dans la protection et le respect des installations de drainage d\u2019eau en tenant compte des b\u00e9n\u00e9fices collectifs. Je pense que l\u2019aboutissement et le succ\u00e8s de l\u2019ODD-6 proviendront de l\u2019accomplissement de la t\u00e2che de tout un chacun en commen\u00e7ant par une prise de conscience de ce que une personne est appel\u00e9e \u00e0 accomplir dans son entit\u00e9, ensuite par l\u2019accompagnement et la participation aux projets gouvernementaux men\u00e9s par les autorit\u00e9s au profit de tous dans le syst\u00e8me d\u2019approvisionnement de l\u2019eau mais \u00e9galement dans les actions men\u00e9es pour une bonne gestion des d\u00e9chets tant organiques qu\u2019inorganiques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Merci d\u2019avoir partag\u00e9 avec moi ch\u00e8re Khan, c\u2019\u00e9tait un grand plaisir d\u2019apprendre par vos t\u00e9moignages r\u00e9els beaucoup de choses sur votre pays, l\u2019Inde; l\u2019exp\u00e9rience et le d\u00e9vouement que vous manifestez vous font remarquables! J\u2019aimerais bien garder un contact avec vous afin d\u2019en apprendre davantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mes sinc\u00e8res salutations, \u00c0 bient\u00f4t!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daniel AKUTSIBWE Mumbara Fahrenheit<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Letter 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hey Daniel,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope this letter finds you well and good. It was really great hearing from you, Also you nickname Fahrenheit sounds interesting.  It was really great to know our countries got some similarities in terms of implementation of SDG-6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a really interesting fact I would like to mention, my country is very diverse in cultural variation as well as the topographical perspective. We  have a mountain dominated Himalayan region in north, desert prominence in south, tablelands in south trap and the Northern Plains in mid north region. What I intend to express by mentioning this diversity is that with regional variation, comes the need of varied methods to observe and implement sanitation as well as to ensure availability of clean drinking water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, in past few years the Indian government and even the people have paid good attention to hygiene and sanitation. Still  there are various segments in which we lack due to proper implementation of the policies and plans at ground due to people\u2019s lack of awareness and information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from our governmental efforts, various NGOs and other social organisations also tend to work  towards the sanitation issues through awareness drives as well as hygiene promotion. The youth generation is commendably dedicated to focus on such issues  and as our youth make our future, we can hope for a better tomorrow under our youth. Even various universities in India organize drives to promotes cleanliness, sanitation and hygiene through dramatic portrayals as well as ground level work. Now that we are talking about university, I am really curious to know how your university does work under social agendas and especially sanitation related matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Floods are often common in our Gangetic Plain region which definitely affect our drainage and sanitation many times leading to severe water crisis. Though our disaster management department does really works to its  best capacity, still there is lack of various amenities at such times in affected regions which creates chaos and needs to be worked on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of our rural regions are very well equipped with water amenities such as tube wells, wells, artificial irrigation etc. But at the same time, some villages lack clean drinking water and the population suffers. Sometimes in summers the condition turns out to be worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About waste management, I would we are not really technically equipped but mostly well equipped for sure. There is significant progress in plastic waste management. However sometimes waste management issues are faced at times of calamities and especially monsoon. Not to mention, India has a monsoon type of climate and we experience advancing as well as retreating monsoon. Sometimes there is extremely heavy rainfall at some places leading to blocking of drains and even disrupted transport due to water mismanagement, which sometimes leads  to outbreak  of diseases as well. However, the people as well as the authorities try their level best to manage the issues. Being a peninsular country, we are practically very much prone to monsoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, I believe we are developing as a nation and are everyday moving steps ahead under our development process. Implementation of policies and ideas is being crucially looked over by authorities and very well cooperated by the population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am extremely awaited to hear from you soon and know more DRC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warm Regards,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uzma Khan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Letter 4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ch\u00e8re Uzma,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J\u2019esp\u00e8re que cette lettre vous trouve bien portante, je suis tr\u00e8s \u00e9mu de partager avec vous sur ce sujet!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Je suis Daniel AKUTSIBWE Mumbara allias Fahrenheit, j\u2019ai 19 ans; je suis le deuxi\u00e8me fils dans une famille de 7 enfants, compos\u00e9e de 5 gar\u00e7ons et 2 filles. Je suis \u00e9tudiant en 2\u00e8me ann\u00e9e de Baccalaur\u00e9at \u00e0 la facult\u00e9 de m\u00e9decine de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Catholique de Bukavu, j\u2019adore les sciences, toutes les mati\u00e8res ayant trait \u00e0 la sant\u00e9 humaine mais \u00e9galement toutes celles visant \u00e0 prot\u00e9ger les \u00e9cosyst\u00e8mes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C\u2019est un grand plaisir de vous lire et de savoir beaucoup plus de choses sur vous et sur la mani\u00e8re dont est pris en compte, dans votre pays et votre contr\u00e9e l\u2019ODD-6, sujet de notre discussion, qui vise \u00e0 garantir l\u2019acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l\u2019eau potable et \u00e0 l\u2019assainissement pour tous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En fait, j\u2019ai remarqu\u00e9 une concordance dans la conception de ce sujet chez vous comme ici en RDC. Mais il y a s\u00fbrement de multiples diff\u00e9rences dans la mise en application de toutes les mesures pr\u00e9-requises qui sont d\u2019autant plus n\u00e9cessaires et indispensables \u00e0 la conservation de l\u2019\u00e9tat sanitaire des personnes et leur protection contre les maladies hydriques et celle des \u00e9cosyst\u00e8mes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

De fa\u00e7on similaire; se manifeste, dans notre contr\u00e9e, une volont\u00e9 de la population de bien vouloir am\u00e9liorer leurs conditions sociales, culturelles et sanitaires mais il semble \u00eatre de plus en plus difficile d\u2019y parvenir du fait que nous faisons face \u00e0 de nombreux d\u00e9fis occasionn\u00e9s par une mauvaise gouvernance de la part de nos autorit\u00e9s, par la guerre qui nous est impos\u00e9e, par des actes inciviques pos\u00e9s par certains concitoyens qui consistent \u00e0 la destruction des installations faites par le gouvernement et des organisations non-gouvernementales; des actes ignobles et qui contribuent d\u2019une part au sous-d\u00e9veloppement qui empire de plus en plus dans notre pays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Malgr\u00e9 le fait qu\u2019il y ait cette attitude malintentionn\u00e9e de la part de certains concitoyens indigents voire m\u00eame \u00e9trangers, il y a toujours des avanc\u00e9es et des projets qui sont mis en place et appliqu\u00e9s  en vue d\u2019assurer un acc\u00e8s \u00e0 tous \u00e0 l\u2019eau potable et  d\u2019aboutir \u00e0 l\u2019assainissement optimal de nos milieux. Par la suite, en recourt donc la manifestation d\u2019un esprit de d\u00e9veloppement de la part de certains dirigeants en faisant quelques projets  notamment l\u2019installation des r\u00e9seaux de distribution d\u2019eau dans les milieux ruraux, la sensibilisation des bonnes pratiques de traitement de l\u2019eau, le creusement des canaux de direction des eaux de pluie dans plusieurs centres, et bien d\u2019autres ; des projets financ\u00e9s et mis en \u0153uvre par des organisations non-gouvernementales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

N\u00e9anmoins, les \u00e9rosions, les inondations, les \u00e9boulements de terre et le bouchage des canaux de direction d\u2019eau et des caniveaux constituent des facteurs cl\u00e9s de la pollution d\u2019eau, de dispersion des ordures dans les terres et les routes, de la pr\u00e9sence des vases un peu partout dans le milieu cela cr\u00e9ant ainsi des biotopes favorables aux insectes vecteurs de certains agents causaux et aux bact\u00e9ries et autres microbes responsables des maladies infectieuses tr\u00e8s graves, ce qui a des r\u00e9percussions n\u00e9fastes par la suite aux habitants de la contr\u00e9e touch\u00e9e.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

De plus, du point de vue gestion des ordures, d\u00e9chets organiques et plastiques, il y a \u00e9norm\u00e9ment des progr\u00e8s \u00e0 faire pour aboutir aux normes requises pour un milieu assaini. Les habitants sont marqu\u00e9s par une culture de mauvaise gestion des d\u00e9chets, les jetant d\u2019ici et l\u00e0, dans la rue, dans les caniveaux, dans les endroits publics cela aboutissant parfois, m\u00eame dans des grandes villes du pays, \u00e0 la cr\u00e9ation des poubelles publiques ouvertes, localis\u00e9es parfois au bord de la route, dans des march\u00e9s publics  exposant ainsi la population \u00e0 des multiples maladies de diverses formes \u00e9tant \u00e0 la base des \u00e9pid\u00e9mies \u00e0 r\u00e9p\u00e9tition.                  Tout ceci est caus\u00e9 par le  manque des installations ad\u00e9quates qui doivent recevoir par triage toute sorte de d\u00e9chets. Pas de poubelles publiques, pas de bonnes unit\u00e9s de gestion des d\u00e9chets, nous assistons donc \u00e0 un chaos total dans ce domaine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Par ailleurs, il se manifeste d\u00e9j\u00e0 un mouvement de prise de conscience des erreurs d\u00e9j\u00e0 commises de la part de la population, tout le monde part du principe de pr\u00e9servation de sa sant\u00e9 en \u00e9vitant de contracter certaines maladies \u00e9vitables. Les habitants de certains coins des villes congolaises commencent \u00e0 appliquer quelques gestes de gestion des d\u00e9chets en cr\u00e9ant des entreprises charg\u00e9es de leur d\u00e9pouillement jusqu\u2019\u00e0 des endroits appropri\u00e9s; dans les campagnes, les habitants pratiquent depuis toujours la gestion des d\u00e9chets en utilisant des poubelles creus\u00e9es dans le sol, utilisation des d\u00e9chets organiques comme engrais dans leurs champs pour assurer une production optimale.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

De toute \u00e9vidence, l\u2019acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l\u2019eau potable et l\u2019assainissement des milieux, sont  vivement souhait\u00e9s pour un bon quotidien des humains. L\u2019eau, qui doit de prime abord \u00eatre potable, c\u2019est \u00e0 dire pr\u00eate \u00e0 la consommation et ne contenant aucun microbe ni inclusion de tout genre; premi\u00e8rement, constitue un \u00e9l\u00e9ment indispensable au fonctionnement de l\u2019organisme en \u00e9tant utilis\u00e9e comme boisson, n\u00e9cessaire pour la cuisson des aliments; secundo, utilis\u00e9e \u00e9galement pour assurer une bonne hygi\u00e8ne corporelle, pour le lavage des assiettes et le lavage humide des habits qui est encore \u00e0 la une dans notre pays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En outre, notre pays poss\u00e8de multiples ressources naturelles et l\u2019eau en fait partie. Le probl\u00e8me r\u00e9side g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement sur la mani\u00e8re de la distribuer, de la traiter, et de la faire parvenir \u00e0 un maximum des personnes. Cependant, notre gouvernement avec ses alli\u00e9s , m\u00e9nagent d\u00e9j\u00e0 multiples efforts afin de faciliter un acc\u00e8s \u00e0 tous \u00e0 l\u2019eau potable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c0 contrario, les femmes qui, n\u00e9cessitant une pr\u00e9sence accrue de l\u2019eau pour leur bonne hygi\u00e8ne, surtout en p\u00e9riode de menstruation, sont confront\u00e9es quelques fois \u00e0 des soucis pour assurer leur hygi\u00e8ne optimale. Ces situations, rares, sont g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement caus\u00e9es par de nombreuses p\u00e9nuries d\u2019eau temporaires r\u00e9sultant d\u2019une panne occasionn\u00e9e par un vol ou destruction des mat\u00e9riels de distribution ou leur non-fonctionnement ou par des coupures d\u2019eau justifi\u00e9es par une n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 de r\u00e9parer et remplacer un r\u00e9seau touch\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En d\u00e9finitive, l\u2019acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l\u2019eau potable et l\u2019assainissement des milieux, terriens et environnementaux sont des aspects \u00e0 mieux tenir en compte en promouvant les bonnes pratiques d\u2019hygi\u00e8ne, en installant des bons r\u00e9seaux de distribution d\u2019eau, en installant des centres d\u2019\u00e9puration bien \u00e9quip\u00e9s, en am\u00e9liorant le syst\u00e8me de gestion des ordures et d\u00e9chets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La bonne mise en application de ces \u00e9l\u00e9ments et l\u2019investissement \u00e0 fond de notre gouvernement sur ce sujet sont tellement cruciaux afin d\u2019assurer des avanc\u00e9es consid\u00e9rables dans ce domaine et de se rapprocher de la vision de l\u2019ODD-6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toutefois, notre pays a encore une marge de progr\u00e8s \u00e0 faire pour l\u2019accomplissement de tous les m\u00e9canismes n\u00e9cessaires au d\u00e9veloppement dans ce secteur qui, suite \u00e0 certaines fuites dans la gestion des affaires y concourant, la m\u00e9gestion et la mauvaise volont\u00e9 de certains responsables \u00e0 qui l\u2019on ait pu confier la t\u00e2che; demeure toujours dans le pire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En revanche, j\u2019aimerais bien savoir de quelle mani\u00e8re votre pays proc\u00e8de pour garantir un bon assainissement de vos milieux? Et quels sont les efforts qu\u2019avait fournis votre nation pour aboutir au niveau de gestion des d\u00e9chets auquel vous vous trouvez actuellement?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ravi de partager cette premi\u00e8re partie ensemble, je suis impatient de vous relire prochainement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cordialement!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daniel AKUTSIBWE Mumbara Fahrenheit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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