This story was compiled by Hon Tugume muzafaru senior news reporter in rubirizi for media coverage call 0702269259.
Hon. Kyabu Beyeza The political Assistant for Hon Cadet Benjamin who Was represented him during the official launch and handing over cleaning cooking stove to the residents that was donated by ugstove uganda and the function was held Yesterday at Ryeru Sub-county headquarters, Rubirizi district over 700 households benefited aimed to conserve environment and eliminating smoke to ensure residents enjoy good health and good environment while cooking there food using cheap firewood .
In his massage Hon Kyabu Beyeza asked residents to work hand in hand with government in protecting environment preserving their culture and heritage said that culture plays a big role in keeping communities united , good morals and in ensuring that people live healthy lives added that many of the diseases affecting people today are a result of abandoning good cultural practices like hygiene, proper feeding, and respect in families.
He urged parents to be role models and to guide their children according to both cultural values and government health guidelines and maintain hygiene in building latrines and drink safe water in their homes to prevent diseases.
Hon cadet urged couples to work together if they are to fight poverty, hunger and domestic violence in their homes advised couples to be watchful in their homes to ensure live healthy lives further Apealed parents to build latrines in their homes and drink boiled water inorder to prevent many diseases that are caused by poor sanitation.
Hon cadet recommended UGASTOVE for helping the community with stoves said that this cooking stove will help them to reduce on malnutrition among young children and will also reduce the burden of collecting firewood in homes.
According to madam Kenema Jovita, the Project Coordinator for UGASTOVE and PROSPERA in Rubirizi, explained explained that this project came to help people at the grassroots, bring services closer and that touches them in their homes noted that UGASTOVE and PROSPERA did not just come to show off but they came to bring change in the lives of residents to ensure that every home in Rubirizi has a good stove that cooks fast and cooks body-building food said that firewood smoke is killing mothers in cooking their food, making them sick with many diseases added that project will help government in protecting the environment, because many residents had been going into the hills to cut down trees for firewood noting that by giving residents fuel-saving cooking stoves residents will protect the environment, because these stoves cook using very little firewood
the environment will be protected.
Meanwhile Kyarikunda Veneranta from buzenga parish one of those who received free stoves from UGASTOVE and PROSPERA explained that they used to cook in smoke that affected their throat, eyes were paining, they kept coughing, children kept getting breathing diseases, and women kept getting chest diseases and they used to buy firewood on the they spent a lot of money buying firewood and charcoal yet the money they would have used to educate children the new stoves from UGASTOVE that they have been given, are going to change their health and their lives home will have peace, children will continue to eat nutritious body-building food, they will not grow up suffering from malnutrition.END.
