UNICEF carried out, on Thursday, February 22, the official handover of the building serving as a daycare and child-friendly space at the Wangata General Reference Hospital (Equateur).
The infrastructure will be used for the care of children separated from their guardians during humanitarian crises.
The daycare includes four dormitories with a capacity to accommodate 24 children. It also has an office, a rainwater collection system and solar energy, as well as two blocks of latrines.
According to the UNICEF/Grand-Equateur operations officer, Constance Almeida, this daycare will serve for optimal care of children forced to be separated from their parents or guardians during humanitarian crises.
Among other things, during quarantine due to contagious disease epidemics.
Whereas the child-friendly space, with an area of 250 m², could also be open to children living around the hospital site.
For Constance Almeida, this achievement is a response to the request of the provincial authorities, in order to support community resilience post-Ebola with the aim of reducing the risks of infections associated with healthcare.
The provincial and health authorities appreciate the work. They thanked UNICEF and its partners. They also made a commitment to use it properly for its sustainability.
UNICEF built these two spaces for children with funding from the World Bank, through the Health System Development Program Management Unit (UG-PDSS).
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