{"id":18760,"date":"2020-08-25T10:09:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T08:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uduma.net\/?p=18760"},"modified":"2020-08-25T11:02:07","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T09:02:07","slug":"covid-19-free-hygiene-facility-complementing-drinking-water-service-200000-users-burkina-faso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uduma.net\/en\/covid-19-free-hygiene-facility-complementing-drinking-water-service-200000-users-burkina-faso\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: UDUMA rolls out a free \u201chygiene\u201d facility, complementing its drinking water service for more than 200,000 users in Burkina Faso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Photo caption: Balkissa OUEDRAOGO, inhabitant of Rouko (Centre Nord region), washing her hands with clean water and soap before using the UDUMA drinking water service provided by her standpipe operator Etienne SAWADOGO.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Hand washing stations, equipped with clean water and soap, at 301 community standpipes and 43 piped water supply sites<\/h2>\n<p>UDUMA is doing its part to stop the spread of COVID-19 by adding \u201chygiene\u201d stations to complement the drinking water service it provides for more than 200,000 users and 400 employees in Burkina Faso. <strong>Drinking water prices will not be increased<\/strong>.\u00a0<em>\u201cFoot-operated hand washing station, equipped with clean water and soap, have been <strong>provided free of charge for all our users and employees<\/strong> at the 301 community standpipes and the 43 piped water supply sites we manage,\u201d <\/em>confirms <strong>Mikael DUPUIS, Deputy Managing Director of UDUMA. The company is committed to ensuring the continuity of this operation, called &#8220;Clean Hands against COVID-19&#8221;, for the next 6 months.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Specifically, UDUMA has installed 301 hand washing stations and distributed 2,500 fabric masks to its employees, including administration staff, operational managers, network managers, treasurers and standpipe caretakers. The private operator is committed to providing a daily supply of clean water and soap at these hand washing stations, as well as <strong>running regular COVID-19 awareness spots on community radio, in French and seven local languages.<\/strong>\u00a0<em>\u201cOur 31 partner communes, who have entrusted us with their public drinking water service, are at the heart of our campaign. <strong>Each hand washing station is officially received by municipal staff before being installed<\/strong> next to a standpipe or piped water supply site. <strong>We also provide hand washing stations for each of our partner communes and they place them where they think best<\/strong>,\u201d <\/em>explains<strong> Jean-Christophe KI, Managing Director of UDUMA in Burkina Faso.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>An 100% Made in Burkina campaign<\/h3>\n<p>This campaign is 100% Made in Burkina. The hand washing stations are produced by the Ouagadougou-based <strong>company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EPGF-426377981421096\">EPGF<\/a><\/strong>, the masks are made by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/angeconfectionbf\">ANGE CONFECTION<\/a><\/strong> using traditional Burkina Faso woven cotton cloth known as Faso Dan Fani, and the soap is produced by the <strong>company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sncitec.bf\">SN CITEC<\/a><\/strong>, which donated 30 kg of soap and optimized its commercial distribution for this project. <em>\u201cWe are particularly committed to <strong>supporting the national economy<\/strong> at the moment, given how much it has been affected by the health crisis,\u201d<\/em> says <strong>Lucie KABORE, UDUMA Operations Manager in Burkina Faso<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo caption: Balkissa OUEDRAOGO, inhabitant of Rouko (Centre Nord region), washing her hands with clean water and soap before using the UDUMA drinking water service&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18758,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,55,54,16,36,9,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-burkina-faso-2","category-coronavirus-2","category-covid19-2","category-drinking-water","category-dsp-2","category-news","category-service-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>COVID-19: UDUMA rolls out a free \u201chygiene\u201d facility, complementing its drinking water service for more than 200,000 users in Burkina Faso - Uduma<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hang washing stations, equipped with clean water and soap, at 258 community standpipes and 43 piped water supply sites. 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