Saving Lake Victoria | A Journey Toward Sustainable Sanitation Solutions
Article by WASTE
Just a few years ago if you were to visit the districts of Magu and Misungwi, which sit on the edge of the beautiful Lake Victoria in the Mwanza region of Tanzania, you would see a dire sanitation situation threatening the precious waters and the livelihoods which depend on it. Lake Victoria, the world’s largest tropical lake and a lifeline for over 40 million people across East Africa, was drowning in pollution, largely due to tonnes of untreated faecal sludge which permeate its water each year. Today, however, there is hope with people from across all levels of the community showing that sustainable change is possible.