{"id":373125,"date":"2025-04-15T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=373125"},"modified":"2025-04-15T15:28:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T13:28:13","slug":"oshana-makes-progress-in-rural-sanitation-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=373125","title":{"rendered":"Oshana makes progress in rural sanitation initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Maria David<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE Oshana Regional Council is making significant strides in its rural sanitation initiative, aimed at improving public health and dignity for vulnerable communities, according to Council spokesperson Nuusita Ashipala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Ashipala, during the 2024\/2025 financial year, the Council planned to construct a total of 225 standard VIP toilets across all 11 constituencies in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She explained that this initiative specifically targets elderly citizens, orphans, people living with disabilities, and other vulnerable groups who lack the means to afford proper sanitation facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cTo date, approximately 120 toilets have been completed during the current financial year, with contractors actively working to deliver the remaining units despite the ongoing floods in the region,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She added that the Council has budgeted about N$3.3 million, which has been allocated to this vital project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of this amount, Ashipala said over N$2.2 million was used to purchase fibre cabin materials, which were then handed over to the Rural Development Centre for the construction of the toilet top structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, she indicated that an amount of N$284,200 was invested in purchasing bricks from local brickmakers within the constituencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The remaining N$764,865 was allocated to pay 112 unemployed youths who were engaged in the construction of the toilets across the eleven constituencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She stressed that this sanitation project directly aligns with the region’s strategic objective to \u201cPromote Health and Support Efforts to Reduce Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe key performance indicator for this initiative is the number of rural sanitation facilities constructed,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the previous financial year, 2023\/2024, Ashipala indicated that a total of 161 facilities were built, highlighting the Council’s continued commitment to expanding access to sanitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, Ashipala noted that the region plans to construct an additional 140 sanitation facilities in the current financial year at a projected cost of over N$2.3 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis next phase is expected to create 86 temporary jobs for the youth and 11 jobs for local brickmakers, further contributing to local economic empowerment and community development,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She then stressed that they remain committed to enhancing the quality of life for all residents through inclusive, sustainable infrastructure and health initiatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maria David THE Oshana Regional Council is making significant strides in its rural sanitation initiative, aimed at improving public health and dignity for vulnerable communities, according to Council spokesperson Nuusita Ashipala. According to Ashipala, during the 2024\/2025 financial year, the Council planned to construct a total of 225 standard VIP toilets across all 11 constituencies …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":373126,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-373125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nOshana makes progress in rural sanitation initiative - Informant\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"THE Oshana Regional Council is making significant strides in its rural sanitation initiative, aimed at improving public health and dignity...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=373125\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Oshana makes progress in rural sanitation initiative - Informant\u00e9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"THE Oshana Regional Council is making significant strides in its rural sanitation initiative, aimed at improving public health and dignity...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=373125\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Informant\u00e9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/informantenam\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-15T01:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-15T13:28:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Oshana-makes-progress-in-rural-sanitation-initiative-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1832\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1210\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Staff Reporter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@informantenews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@informantenews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Staff Reporter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=373125#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=373125\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Staff Reporter\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ab65e7153fe62b690517153b8913a80\"},\"headline\":\"Oshana makes progress in rural sanitation initiative\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-15T01:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-15T13:28:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=373125\"},\"wordCount\":356,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=373125#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/Oshana-makes-progress-in-rural-sanitation-initiative-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=373125\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=373125\",\"name\":\"Oshana makes progress in rural sanitation initiative - Informant\u00e9\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=373125#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=373125#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/Oshana-makes-progress-in-rural-sanitation-initiative-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-15T01:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-15T13:28:13+00:00\",\"description\":\"THE Oshana Regional Council is making significant strides in its rural sanitation initiative, aimed at improving public health and dignity...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=373125#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=373125\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=373125#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/Oshana-makes-progress-in-rural-sanitation-initiative-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/Oshana-makes-progress-in-rural-sanitation-initiative-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg\",\"width\":1832,\"height\":1210},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=373125#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Oshana makes progress in rural sanitation initiative\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/\",\"name\":\"Informant\u00e9\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Informante\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/Informante-Logo-box-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/Informante-Logo-box-1.png\",\"width\":655,\"height\":656,\"caption\":\"Informante\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/informantenam\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/informantenews\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/informante_news\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UC-cBl9A2bCMZZphxM2pyMkw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ab65e7153fe62b690517153b8913a80\",\"name\":\"Staff Reporter\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Staff Reporter\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?author=10\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Oshana makes progress in rural sanitation initiative - Informant\u00e9","description":"THE Oshana Regional Council is making significant strides in its rural sanitation initiative, aimed at improving public health and dignity...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=373125","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Oshana makes progress in rural sanitation initiative - Informant\u00e9","og_description":"THE Oshana Regional Council is making significant strides in its rural sanitation initiative, aimed at improving public health and dignity...","og_url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=373125","og_site_name":"Informant\u00e9","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/informantenam","article_published_time":"2025-04-15T01:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-04-15T13:28:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1832,"height":1210,"url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Oshana-makes-progress-in-rural-sanitation-initiative-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Staff Reporter","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@informantenews","twitter_site":"@informantenews","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Staff Reporter","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=373125#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=373125"},"author":{"name":"Staff Reporter","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#\/schema\/person\/6ab65e7153fe62b690517153b8913a80"},"headline":"Oshana makes progress in rural sanitation initiative","datePublished":"2025-04-15T01:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-15T13:28:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=373125"},"wordCount":356,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=373125#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Oshana-makes-progress-in-rural-sanitation-initiative-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-ZA"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=373125","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=373125","name":"Oshana makes progress in rural sanitation initiative - Informant\u00e9","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=373125#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=373125#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Oshana-makes-progress-in-rural-sanitation-initiative-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg","datePublished":"2025-04-15T01:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-15T13:28:13+00:00","description":"THE Oshana Regional Council is making significant strides in its rural sanitation initiative, aimed at improving public health and dignity...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=373125#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-ZA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=373125"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=373125#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Oshana-makes-progress-in-rural-sanitation-initiative-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Oshana-makes-progress-in-rural-sanitation-initiative-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg","width":1832,"height":1210},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=373125#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Oshana makes progress in rural sanitation initiative"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#website","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/","name":"Informant\u00e9","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-ZA"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#organization","name":"Informante","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Informante-Logo-box-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Informante-Logo-box-1.png","width":655,"height":656,"caption":"Informante"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/informantenam","https:\/\/x.com\/informantenews","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/informante_news","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC-cBl9A2bCMZZphxM2pyMkw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#\/schema\/person\/6ab65e7153fe62b690517153b8913a80","name":"Staff Reporter","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Staff Reporter"},"url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?author=10"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=373125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/373126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=373125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=373125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=373125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}