{"id":592,"date":"2021-03-31T10:32:22","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T07:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/?p=592"},"modified":"2021-03-31T10:32:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T07:32:25","slug":"the-situation-has-changed-for-the-better-says-a-teacher-regina-mwita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/2021\/03\/31\/the-situation-has-changed-for-the-better-says-a-teacher-regina-mwita\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Situation has changed for the better&#8221;, says a teacher, Regina Mwita"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Regina\u00a0Mwita\u00a035, a teacher at Bisarara Secondary School,\u00a0she is\u00a0grateful for Amref\u2019s\u00a0Usafi\u00a0Kwa Afya Project, especially in providing an incinerator for disposing the waste. Unlike in the past where the school used to collect waste in a big bucket and burn them at the compost pit using kerosene, the situation has indeed, changed for the better. She sees the use of incinerator as the best way of disposing waste and preserving the environment. \u201cWe no longer use kerosene, because it is not good for our health,\u00a0we\u00a0collect waste and dump them in the incinerator,\u201d she says.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/03\/image-4-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/03\/image-4-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/03\/image-4-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/03\/image-4-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/03\/image-4-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/03\/image-4-2048x1536.png 2048w, https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/03\/image-4-365x274.png 365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong><em>Students at Bisarara Secondary school\u00a0thanking for the Incinerators donated to their school.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from the incinerator, the school has also benefited from the water tank which has improved the\u00a0state\u00a0of hygiene and cleanliness. \u201cWe can maintain cleanliness by washing our hands after using the toilet. In the past, female students used to be afraid to go and throw the waste because boys would laugh at them, a situation which made them not to properly dispose of the waste\u2026\u201d This brought our attention into what girls must have been through in their school life.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regina\u00a0Mwita\u00a035, a teacher at Bisarara Secondary School,\u00a0she is\u00a0grateful for Amref\u2019s\u00a0Usafi\u00a0Kwa Afya Project, especially in providing an incinerator for disposing the waste. 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