1. a peek into a looming danger in slums in Kampala, Uganda by
LITTERING PLASTIC
a peek into a looming danger in slums in Kampala, Uganda by
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2. Slum Growth in Developing Countries

3. Nakivubo Settlement Water Way …
Plastic material flowing in Nakivubo channel next to the Uganda Police Fire headquarters in Kampala. Failure to enforce the ban on plastic bags poses great danger to Lake Victoria… New Vision Newspaper, Publish Date: May 01, 2013

4. Images of Children in one of the Kampala Slums

5. Litter in a Typical Slum in Kampala, Uganda

6. Child in slum in Kampala (Uganda) next to Open Sewage

7. Children in Bwaise Slum, Kampala

8. …when the rains start, flooding is inevitable
Indiscriminative disposal of plastics leads to blocking of the water channels…
…when the rains start, flooding is inevitable

9. Filthy drainage channels strewn with polythene bags, are used as a substitute for proper toilets
Photo: Keishamaza Rukikaire/IRIN

10. Garbage is still a big challenge in slums
PHOTO/Andrew Masinde

11. "Blocked drainage channels become breeding grounds for diseases"

12. A home in a Kalerwe slum….

13. One such contaminated water channel …

14. …another contaminated water channel

15. Poor drainage as seen in Katanga Slum…
…and another
Poor drainage as seen in Katanga Slum…

16. Garbage disposal in Kawempe

17. Sharing some facts… WE NEED TO ACT NOW … Eroded plastics: -
taking 1000+years to rot,
become breeding places for microbes, leading to tropical diseases:
malaria,
cholera,
dysentery and
bilharzia.
National Upgrading Slum Strategy and Action Plan for Uganda reports: -
50%+ people in Kampala leave in slums,
50%+ of household occupants hospitalized every three months due to these diseases.
32% households lack pit latrine.
63.3%households dumping areas
WE NEED TO ACT NOW …

18. …COLLECTIVE ACTION NEEDED NOW

19. We want to copy a leaf from “Waste to Wealth, Nigeria” project

20. PREPARED BY http://communicationwithoutborders.wordpress.com

21. WITH SPECIAL THANKS Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development
United Nations Development Program

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