By Blessings Sabiti

Phalombe, May 10, Mana: Mkhumba Youth Network in Phalombe in partnership with Phalombe based Tiwasamale Youth Club, teamed up to a clean up exercise at Mpasa Health Centre and surrounding areas to champion sanitation at the heath facility.

Speaking in an interview after the clean-up exercise, Mpasa Health Centre clinician, Kabambe Thipa commended the youths for collaborating with the health center staff to clean up the entire facility in a day, saying this was a total commitment to sanitation.

“Today we have managed to clean the whole area with support from youths. Let them continue doing so as this is another way of preventing diseases that comes due to poor sanitation,” he added.

Mkhumba Youth Network, Chairperson, Clement Mayang’anira, expressed satisfaction with both the turnout and the success of the clean up exercise at Mpasa Health Center

“I am very excited that we have successfully accomplished the plans we set out to achieve,” he said.

Tiwasamale Youth Organization, Programmes Manager, Khumbo Banda, also hailed Mkhumba Youth Network for choosing to do the clean up at Mpasa Health Center and surrounding public places, saying “this was the way to go in as far as sanitation and hygiene is concerned,”.

Mpasa Trading Centre, Chairperson, George Seven encouraged the youth to continue with such efforts but bemoaned lack of proper waste disposal facilities at Mpasa market.

“This clean-up exercise will help promote sanitation in our market place,” the market chairperson added.

The clean up exercise at both Mpasa Health Center and Mpasa Market brought together 20 youth clubs across Traditional Authority Mkhumba.