Interim Mayor Emile Temgoua asks Dschang city neighborhood chiefs to form local hygiene committees.
The Dschang commune town hall in Menoua, West region, is launching a vast operation to structure local hygiene. In this perspective, the mayor intends to include city residents in the waste collection process. Emile Temgoua has just asked neighborhood chiefs to set up neighborhood hygiene committees to strengthen the fight against insalubrity and improve the urban living environment. These committees will include voluntary and dynamic residents.
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Their mission is to raise household awareness of good waste management practices, organize human investment days, carry out health monitoring to identify insalubrity hotspots, and collaborate with the commune’s technical services. To carry out these missions, the municipal executive is committed to providing technical and material support to these neighborhood teams. Each constituted committee will thus receive small cleaning equipment, support for waste evacuation, and technical supervision. By launching the formation of hygiene committees in Dschang’s neighborhoods, the mayor calls on every resident to take common responsibility for hygiene and cleanliness.
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The method of the Dschang town hall could serve as an example if it succeeds in preserving the city from insalubrity. It is being implemented in a context where several municipalities in Cameroon, particularly in urban centers, struggle to control waste management to preserve a healthy living environment for the populations. In neighborhoods, such as in city centers, open-air dumps often multiply, while garbage bins sometimes overflow without collection services proceeding with pickup.
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