By Hou Akot Hou<\/p>\n
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In an effort to improve public health and aesthetics, the Northern Bahr El Ghazal state government has launched a bi-weekly cleanup initiative in Aweil Town.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The program, targeting the town’s most littered areas, aims to combat the spread of diseases and beautify the environment.<\/p>\n “We’ll be cleaning the main areas by clearing bushes around Maper-Akot Aru, Zera, Naifasha, and other neighborhoods,” explains Zecharia Dut Mou, Aweil Town Council.<\/p>\n “This initiative combats infections like diarrhea and sporadic fires,” he added.<\/p>\n Mr. Mou highlighted the dual purpose of the program: preventing fire spread by clearing flammable vegetation and promoting hygiene by addressing public urination and defecation.<\/p>\n He emphasized the community’s involvement, achieved through collaboration with local chiefs who mobilize their subjects for the cleanup efforts.<\/p>\n Garang Deng Abuok, a local chief, welcomes the initiative.<\/p>\n “We’ve awaited this for a long time. We want to keep Aweil clean, especially as the hot season approaches, to prevent diseases like cholera among our children” he stated.<\/p>\n Residents urge the state government to sustain and expand the program beyond the identified municipality areas, addressing sanitation concerns throughout the town.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Hou Akot Hou In an effort to improve public health and aesthetics, the Northern Bahr El Ghazal state government has launched a bi-weekly cleanup initiative in Aweil Town. The program, targeting the town’s most littered areas, aims to combat the spread of diseases and beautify the environment. “We’ll[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21789"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21790,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21789\/revisions\/21790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}