TYPHOID BREAKOUT

In Majengo near Vihiga people were suffering from Typhoid which is awater borne disease.People were not able to find water which was a major problem in the area.
They used to fetch water from astream which was contaminated with factory wastes and human feaces because of lack of latrines and toilets.The people in the area could not even boil water which was contaminated to kill the germs.The disease killed fifty of them leaving more than one hundred orphans.Some of the victims were taken to the nearby district hospitals by the youth,organisation group.They also tought the people of the area on the ways of cleaning water to kill germs so that the diseases could not spread.Strict actions was taken to the factories who deposited their wastes in the rivers.Latrines were build in the area and orphans taken to orphanage schools by the organisation.

Location: VIHIGA, MAJENGO, KENYA