oliver tambo

WHAT TO WATCH TO DAY ON BEN TV SKY 194 AT 6.00 PM UK TIME:
The Un veiling of Oliver Tambo statue in harringey Borough UK
Today was the unveiling of Oliver Tambo's statute.The event has been organised by Haringey Council in partnership with the South African High Commission, the Friends of Albert Road Recreation Ground (FARRG), Alexandra Park Secondary School and Rhodes Avenue Primary School , to celebrate the borough's association with Mr Tambo, who was President of the ANC from 1967 to 1991.
In 1990 Oliver and Adelaide Tambo received the Freedom of the Borough
in recognition of their contribution to the struggle for freedom in their homeland and the inspiration they had provided for Haringey residents.

Where toilets fly: ETHIOPIA
Tsehaye Merete from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia has felt the benefits of a clean latrine, "It is safe for me and my four children and it is private."
Credit: WaterAid / Caroline Irby
In many neighbourhoods the sight of children tossing or kicking balls outside is a common occurrence, but in the impoverished and densely populated slum areas of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, children don't play such games in the street.
In this neighbourhood, the only flying objects are plastic bags of human faeces which residents throw up and away, after using them. Due to an acute shortage of water and sanitation facilities these 'flying toilets' are a common way of disposing of human waste.
As one resident explained, "We don't have a single toilet in our area. If there is one, it is blocked up to its roof. So the most suitable option for us is to do our business into plastic bags and throw them to the road sides when nobody is around."
The stench of the neighbourhood is enough to repel any outsider but for its inhabitants such squalor is a daily reality they cannot escape. As is often the case, children tend to suffer most acutely from these unsanitary conditions and frequent trips to the clinic due to illness are common. As one young resident said, "We don't have anywhere to play. The roads also serve as latrines. It makes us ill and prevents us from having fun. I know children who have died after getting sick from the contamination."
The sorry state of the Addis Ababa slums was recently brought into focus thanks to the efforts of WaterAid and the WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) Ethiopia movement, which WaterAid is involved with. As part of their strategy to address the country's water and sanitation needs, the movement organised a field trip for journalists to different sites within the city where they were given the opportunity to speak with slum residents, government officials and WASH representatives alike. In the ensuing discussions a number of observations were made:
1. Water and sanitation problems in the slums are a result of wider economic, political and social circumstances.
2. Although Ethiopia has well defined policy on sanitation and hygiene, problems such as budget mismanagement, a lack of coordination between government departments and a shortage of qualified professionals are rendering such policies ineffective.
3. Current efforts by NGOs to improve sanitation and hygiene are not succeeding due to a lack of coordination with other groups and initiatives.
In a concerted effort to increase access to water and sanitation facilities, WaterAid and its partner organisations are working to overcome these obstacles. Through its citizen engagement programme WaterAid is helping communities map the availability of sanitation facilities in their area so that they can use the information to advocate for improvements in services.
WaterAid has also been trying to increase government capacity and involvement in the sector by actively supporting the national hygiene and sanitation monitoring group and by ensuring that all WaterAid initiatives are linked through local government bodies.
Meanwhile, WASH Ethiopia has taken on the key role of coordinating the sector. Working with other NGOs, the government and communities themselves, the movement is attempting to integrate the efforts of these groups in order to improve access to water and sanitation facilities across the country.

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