“Not only are poor hygiene, open defecation, and lack of access to safe water and sanitation systems leading causes of child illness and death, they contribute to undernutrition and stunting, and act as barriers to education for girls and to economic opportunity for the poor,” said Maniza Zaman, UNICEF representative in Tanzania.
"Siyo tu kwamba hali duni ya usafi, kujisaidia haja kubwa, na ukosefu wa maji safi na mifumo ya usafi wa mazingira unaosababisha magonjwa na vifo vya watoto, vinachangia utapiamlo na udumavu, na hufanya kama vikwazo kwa elimu kwa wasichana na fursa za kiuchumi kwa maskini. ,” alisema Maniza Zaman, mwakilishi wa UNICEF nchini Tanzania.