Digitizing the wastewater collection network was entrusted to the SHER consultancy firm (Namur, Belgium). This mission includes the inventory and an evaluation of the physical state of the current network, involving archival research and fieldwork. A complete asset database and a GIS application will be developed to provide OBUHA with the means to significantly improve the management of the network’s assets, with priority given to its maintenance and rehabilitation.
The rehabilitation of the Hydrobiology Research Centre of Uvira is reaching its end. The rehabilitation of the premises of this research institution is a prerequisite for participation in the Lake Tanganyika water quality monitoring network as part of the LATAWAMA project implemented by Enabel, and the Lake Tanganyika Authority with funds from the European Union. The General Director of this institution Mr. Mohoza Bidaka Jean Marie, talked to Rodrigue NIYONGABO, in charge of communication for the LATAWAMA project.
Her name is Uziya Nyamugo. She lives in Uvira, more precisely in Kalundu. She is one of the women in AHDS, Humanitarian Action for Social Development. During the visit of the LATAWAMA project team to the city of Uvira in October 2021, we met Uziya and the members of the association on the ground doing their almost daily work: composting organic waste.