Clean Water Inorder

Tonga National Youth Congress, Disaster Reduction Risk and Environmental Division (D.R.R and Environment division) have started a new project ‘Safe Drinking Water for children’. The project started out with the D.R.R team conducting a survey with primary school surrounding the Nuku’alofa district. There are 13 primary schools in the Nuku’alofa area, the result from the survey was devastating for with  these 13 school only one school clear their water tank twice are year.

“When we were set out to do the program as part of the community services of the organization with clean water for drinking we didn’t expect this result” said D.R.R officer Mosese Siuta, “clean water for drinking for our children

Now the D.R.R & Environmental division is putting on his new services out to these school and clean their water tank so that students may have clean drinking water.

“We are grateful that TNYC have come to help us in making sure that we have safe drinking water” said Hofoa principal “This is a much need service for our children every young child have the right to clean, safe, drinking water the most basic need for all human being. 

“Our safe drinking water for children project have started with the primary school of Hofoa” said Mosese Siuta “The reason we started with Hofoa primary school is because they have a small water tank. Yes, we have done it and now students at Hofoa primary school now have access to clean and safe drinking water”

Safe Drinking Water for children project will begin with the Nuku’alofa area than from there to the western district as well as throughout Tongatapu than we will look at the secondary school’s water tank said Mosese Siuta and Mausa Halahala from TNYC DRR division.