Rwanda Formed Police Unit Three second rotation (RWAFPU3-2) and RWAFPU1-10 serving under the United Nations Multidimensional Stabilization Mission in Central African Republic (MINUSCA), on Saturday August 31, joined residents, local leaders local law enforcement agencies and CAR Army (FACA) in Bangassou City, Mbomou Prefecture, and in Bangui, respectively, in a communal work–Umuganda–dedicated to promoting sanitation and hygiene.
In the capital Bangui, RWAFPU1-10 distributed over 10,000 litres of water in the area of 4th Arrondissement located where the local population face shortage of clean water.
The Rwandan peacekeepers in partnership with Individual Police Officers deployed in Bangui, the CAR Police (FSI) and the local communities; they cleaned the 4th Arrondissement in Lycée Buganda.
The health and hygiene exercise was also attended by the Mayor of the 4th Arrondissement, Brigitte Andara, who thanked the Rwandan peacekeepers for supporting the local population.
In Bangassou City, the exercise involved cleaning the Maliko market road, collecting littered plastic products as well as clearing shrubs along Mbomou prefecture headquarter.
The site of Maliko in Mbomou Province is under the protection of the Rwandan police peacekeepers.
The Mayor of Bangassou City thanked the Rwandan peacekeepers for their contribution to the development of the country through ensuring security of the residents and supporting them through human security activities.
She also asked the residents for turning up in big number and urged them to make Umuganda part of their culture. (End)