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1 | Coming out of the Water Closet: Haiti on World Toilet Day | Mivoaka Ny Trano Fidiovana: Haiti Sy Ny Andro Manerantany Ho An'ny Lavapiringa |
2 | Today is World Toilet Day. | 19 novambra ny Andro iraisam-pirenena amin'ny fampiasana Lavapiringa. |
3 | Of a global population of 7 billion, a staggering 2.5 billion people have no access to clean toilet facilities - that's about 1 in 3 people. Some of them live in the Caribbean; many of these live in Haiti - and the lack of this fundamental human right to sanitation continues to cause unnecessary disease and death. | Ao anatin'ny mponina eran-tany 7 lavitrisa, 2,5 lavitrisa ny olona tsy afaka mampiasa lavapiringa madio - izany hoe olona 1 amin'ny 3. Ny sasany amin'izy ireo dia mipetraka any Karaiba; maro amin'izy ireo mipetraka any Haiti - ary ny tsy fisian'ity zo fototra mahaolona momba ny fidiovana ity no mbola mampirongatra ny aretina sy ny fahafatesana amin'ny tsy antony. |
4 | World Toilet Day aims to break the taboo around toilets and hygiene, and draw attention to the existing global sanitation challenge. | Ny tanjon'ny fankalazana ny Andro iraisam-pirenena amin'ny fampiasana lavapiringa dia ny hamongorana ny fady manodidina ny lavapiringa sy ny fidiovana, ary hanaitra amin'ny fanamby miandry amin'ny fitaovam-pidiovana efa misy. |
5 | To support the effort (kind of like what we did here) and rally around the campaign's “I give a shit, do you?” theme, this post revisits some of the ways in which the absence of what many of us take for granted - a private place to do your business - has made an impact on life in Haiti. | Ho fanohanana ny fikelezan'aina (toy ny ataontsika ato [mg]) sy ho famoriana olona manodidina ilay fampielezan-kevitra hoe “Mangery aho, ary ianao?” , ity lahatsoratra ity dia manao jeri-todika ny tsy fisian'ny zavatra heverintsika fa efa ananana - toerana manokana hanaovanao ny raharahanao - no nampisy fiantraikany tamin'ny fiainana ao Haiti. |
6 | The island nation has, of course, had more than its share of challenges: natural disasters, the most devastating of which in recent times was the 2010 earthquake and its resulting water woes, reports of financial impropriety in charitable aid organisations, questionable “relief” donations that threatened to wipe out the country's struggling agricultural sector, coupled with hurricane damage and a massive cholera outbreak on the heels of the earthquake that added to the already steep death toll. | Ity Nosy ity, mazava ho azy, dia manana fanamby maro dia maro ifampizaràna: ny loza voajanahary, ny lehibe nandrava farany teo zao dia ny horohorontany tamin'ny 2010 sy ny rano maloto naterak'izany , tatitra amin'ny fanjavozavoan'ny fandehan'ny volan' ireo Fikambanana Mpanao asa soa, ireo “fanampiana” mampiahiahy izay natahorana handetika lalina ny tolona ataon'ny firenena amin'ny sehatra fambolena, miaraka amin'izany ny voka-dratsin'ny rivo-doza sy ny fihanaky ny kolera taorian'ny horohorontany izay nampiakatra ny isan'ny maty. |
7 | Just over a year ago, Dying in Haiti marked the one year anniversary of the outbreak: | Herintaona mahery kely izay, nomarihan'i Dying in Haiti ny tsingerintaona voalohany amin'ny fihanaky ny kolera: |
8 | In October 2010 cholera started started infecting and killing Haitians. | Tamin'ny Oktobra 2010 nanomboka nihanaka ny kolera ka nahafaty Haisianina maro. |
9 | It has been one year now and conservative numbers say that cholera has infected 500,000 Haitians and killed 6,500 of them. | Efa heritaona izao no nitrangan'izany ary ny antontan'isa voatahiry no milaza fa 500.000 ireo Haisianina tratran'ny Kolera ary 6.500 no maty tamin'izy ireo. |
10 | This is more than any place in the world. | Tena maro izany miohatra amin'ireo toeran-kafa manerantany. |
11 | Including India, Africa, Anywhere…. | Ao anatin'izany India, Afrika, na aiza na aiza… |
12 | Dirty water is to blame. | Ny rano maloto no tena fositra. |
13 | And Haiti's water was deplorable long before the earthquake in 2010. | Ary efa ela no ratsy mihitsy ny rano na dia talohan'ny horohorontany tamin'ny 2010 aza. |
14 | It was deemed worst in the world in 2002…. | Ary dia voalaza fa ny rano aty no tena ratsy indrindra tamin'ny taona 2002…. |
15 | That is one of the reasons I named this blog Dying in Haiti six years ago. | Izay no antony anankiray nanomezako anarana izao bilaogy izao hoe Dying Haiti 6 taona lasa izay. |
16 | Dirty water…. | Rano maloto… |
17 | The post quoted a mainstream media article that explained: | Ity lahatsoratra ity dia nanonona ny lahatsoratry ny filazam-baovao lehibe izay nanazava: |
18 | Cholera is caused by a bacteria found in contaminated water or food. | Ny kolera dia vokatry ny otrik'aretina hita ao anaty rano na sakafo misy aretina. |
19 | It spreads quickly in unhygienic environments and can quickly kill people through complete dehydration, but is easily treatable if caught in time. | Miparitaka haingana amin'ireo toerana tsy ara-pahasalamana, ary mety mahafaty olona haingana dia haingana amin'ny fanarian-drano manontolo, nefa mora tsaboina raha voatily ara-potoana.. |
20 | Haiti has long suffered from improper sanitation because of its poverty but sanitation conditions in the capital and other urban areas became much worse after last year's earthquake forced thousands of people to set up makeshift shelters in public plazas, soccer fields and other open areas. | Efa ela no nijaly tamin'ny tsy fahampian'ny fanadiovana vokatry ny fahantrana i Haiti nefa mbola niharatsy hatrany ireo fepetra momba ny fanadiovana tan-drenivohitra sy ireo toerana hafa manodidina taorian' ilay horohorontany tamin'ny taona lasa izay nanery ireo olona an'arivony hanangana fialofana vonjimaika eny amin'ny kianja, na toeram-pilalaovam-baolina na aminà faritra fivezivezen'ny olona eny rehetra eny. |
21 | Out of 12,000 latrines needed, only about a third were reported to be working in August, down from more than 5,800 the month before, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said. | Tamin'ny toeram-pivoahana 12.000 nilaina, dia teo ho eo amin'ny ampahatelony ihany no azo nampiasaina ny volana Aogositra, nihena ho 5800 izany ny volana teo alohany, hoy ny Biraon'ny fandrindrana ny Fanampiana. |
22 | Meanwhile, the number of nonfunctional latrines more than doubled, from about 1,300 in July to about 2,600 in August. | Mandritra izany fotoana izany, nitombo avo roa heny ny isan'ireo toeram-pivoahana tsy azo ampiasaina intsony, niainga tamin'ny 1.300 tamin'ny Jolay ka hatramin'ny 2.600 tamin'ny Aogositra. |
23 | Also, more than 1,000 latrines have been abandoned, leading to outdoor defecation, which heightens the risk of contamination for people living in the camps. | Maherin'ny 1.000 ihany koa ny toera-pivoahana nilaozan'ny olona, mitarika ny olona hangery eny rehetra eny, ka mampitombo fifindran'ny aretina amin'ireo mponina mipetraka an-toby. |
24 | Haiti's cholera epidemic was not just a health issue. | Ity fihanaky ny aretina kolera any Haiti ity dia tsy mijanona amin'ny resaka fahasalamana fotsiny ihany. |
25 | It affected the country's elections and began to have an impact on international relations, as the tide turned against the United Nations presence in the country. | Fa mahatratra ny fifidianana eo amin'ny firenena mihitsy koa ary manomboka misy fiantraikany eo amin'ny fifandraisana iraisam-pirenena, tahaka ny fanoherana ny fijoroan'ny Firenena Mikambana ao amin'ny firenena. |
26 | (The cause of the cholera outbreak was traced to UN forces in the island.) | (Ny vokatry ny fihanaky ny kolera dia nolazaina ho avy amin'ireo miaramilan'ny Firenena Mikambana [mg] ao amin'ny Nosy.) |
27 | This November 2010 Global Voices post examined the situation: | Ity lahatsoratry ny Global Voices Novambra 2010 ity no manadihady ny zava-misy: |
28 | The outbreak has turned into an epidemic, with the death toll rising every day. | Nivadika ho aretimifindra nyfitokana-monina, ary mitombo isa isan'andro ny maty. |
29 | Haiti, already poorly equipped to deal with this level of public health threat, has been grappling more than usual to contain its spread in the aftermath of the January 12 earthquake - nearly a year later, people are still living in tent cities. | Haiti, izay efa tsy zarizary ara-pitaovana hiatrehana ny aretina tahaka itony, no miezaka mandroso hatrany hanarina ny potika taorian'ny horohorontany tamin'ny 12 janoary lasa teo - efa ho herintaona aty aoriana, mbola mipetraka anaty trano lay foana ny ankamaroan'ny mponina. |
30 | Adding insult to injury - or, in this case, anger to anguish - have been reports claiming that the epidemic was caused by “excrement from Nepalese peacekeepers.” | Ho fanampin'ny fahatezerana vokatry ny fahantrana- dia mandeha ny resaka fa vokatry ny “dikin'ireo miaramila misatro-manga avy any Nepal” no nahatonga ny aretina.” |
31 | It is no secret that the occupying UN forces, known as MINUSTAH, have a troubled history in Haiti; bloggers have been quite outspoken on the subject, asking whether stabilization is actually a euphemism for subordination. | Efa tsy tsiambaratelo fa ny andiany mpitandro ny filaminana fantatra amin'ny hoe MINUSTAH, no malaza amin'ny korontana any Haiti ; tena mahitsy be ny mpitoraka bilaogy amin'izay resaka izay, ary fanadihadihana vao haingana tany an-toerana no manontany raha ny “fanakorontanana” no dikan'ny tsy fankatoavana. |
32 | Against this backdrop, the mere possibility that the cause of the cholera outbreak could be traced back to MINUSTAH (a claim which the UN denies) is proving to be the final straw. | Amin'izay lafiny izay, ny antony nilazana fa ny MINUSTAH no nitondra ny valan'aretina kôlera tany Haiti (izay nolavin'ny Firenena Mikambana) dia rano kely nahatondraka ny ony. |
33 | As the disease spread to the capital, Port-au-Prince, so have the anti-UN protests. | Raha mitombo hatrany ny marary ao Port-au-Prince renivohitra, dia mitombo tahaka izay koa ny fanoherana ny Firenena Mikambana. |
34 | Haiti Grassroots Watch explained: | Haiti Grassroots Watch nanazava: |
35 | Cholera is a disease of the poor, of the disenfranchised. | Ny Kolera dia aretin'ny mahantra, ireo voahilikilin'ny fiaraha-monina. |
36 | Poor people in poor countries. | Olona mahantra ao amin'ny Firenena mahantra. |
37 | Cholera thrives where there is no clean water, where there is inadequate sanitation, where there are poor health systems. | Ny Kolera dia mihombo eny amin'ny toerana misy rano maloto, eny amin'ny toerana tsy misy fidiovana ara-dalàna, eny amin'ny toerana tsizarizary ny rafi-pahasalamana. |
38 | While it's now clear that UN soldiers likely brought Vibrio cholera to Haiti, and while it is also clear that good health care, access to a clean water and sanitation, good hygiene practices and a vaccine can keep it at bay, it's not clear how to achieve all of that before many thousands more die. | Na dia mazava aza ankehitriny fa heverina ho ireo miaramilan'ny Firenena Mikambana no mety nitondra ny Kolera Vibrio tao Haiti, ary mazava ihany koa fa ny fandraisan-tànana ny fahasalamana, ny fahazoana rano madio sy fanadiovana, ny fizàrana ho madio amin'ny fikarakarana ary ny fanaovana vaksiny dia mety hampisintaka lavitra ny aretina, fa ny tsy mazava dia ahoana no fomba hahatongavana amin'izany rehetra izany kanefa mandram-pahatongan'izany efa an'arivony maro no maty. |
39 | And even if cholera is beaten, dozens of other waterborne diseases threaten Haiti. | Ary raha montsana koa aza ny kolera, aretina ampolony hafa indray no mitatao amin'i Haiti. |
40 | According to the World Health organization, every year 1.4 million people die from waterborne diseases - about four per minute - most as a result of unsafe and inadequate water and sanitation. | Araka ny hevitry ny Fikambanana Iraisam-pirenena momba ny Fahasalamana, 1,4 tapitrisa no olona maty isan-taona vokatry ny aretina azo avy amin'ny rano maloto - eo amin'ny olona 4 isa-minitra - ny ankabeazany dia vokatry ny rano tsy voaaro sy ny fanadiovana tsy manara-penitra. |
41 | Haiti Grassroots Watch decided to dig into the why and the how of Haiti's ‘ravaged' and ‘striken' situation and asked | Haiti Grassroots Watch dia nanapa-kevitra hanadihady ny ahoana sy ny inona ny amin'ny ‘fikatsoana' sy ‘fitohanana' ny amin'izao toe-java-misy izao ary nanontany |
42 | • Why has cholera taken hold so easily? | • Nahoana no mora azo ny kolera ? |
43 | • Why don't Haitians have access to clean water and adequate sanitation? | • Nahoana ny Haisianina no tsy mahazo rano madio sy fidiovana manara-penitra ? |
44 | • And if all $164 million the UN is seeking is rounded up and cholera eradicated, what will keep another water-borne disease from sweeping ghrough the country? | • Ary raha ireo 164 tapitra dolara avy amin'ny Fikambanana Iraisam-pirenena izay notadiavina no voaangona ka voafongotra ny Kolera, ahoana no hahafahana manakana ireo aretina hafa azo amin'ny rano maloto tsy handrakotra ny firenena? |
45 | This post couldn't answer those questions, but it did try to help spread life-saving information by profiling doctor/blogger Jan Gurley, who visited Haiti twice since the January 12, 2010 earthquake to volunteer her services, and created an instructional video on oral rehydration therapy (ORT) that she could leave with her Haitian colleagues and patients: | Ity lahatsoratra ity dia tsy ahafahana mamaly izany fanontaniana izany, fa entina kosa hanampiana ny fanaparitahana ireo vaovao ilaina amin'ny famonjen'aina amin'ny alàlan'ny hafatra an-drindrin'ilay mpitsabo/mpibilaogy Jan Gurley, izay nitsidika indroa an'i Haiti tamin'ilay horohorontany ny 12 Janoary nandritra ny fanaovana fanampiana an-tsitrapo, ary namorona lahatsary fampianarana momba ny fitsabona amin'ny alàlan'ny fisotroana rano [oral rehydration therapy-ORT] izay azony avela [omena] amin'ireo mpiara-miasa sy marary Haisiana: |
46 | So where does World Toilet Day fit in? | ka aiza amin'izany ary ilay fankalazana ny Andro iraisam-pirenena amin'ny fampiasana lavapiringa ? |
47 | It hopes to raise awareness, inspire action, and make sanitation and hygiene for all a reality in the 21st century. | Antenaina izy hanaitra ny saina, hampihetsika, ary hanao ny fidiovana sy ny fahasalaman'ny rehetra zava-misin'ny taon-jato faha-21. |
48 | You can get involved by sharing key messages about safe toilets, advocating for better sanitation by hosting an event and registering activities on an interactive World Toilet Day map, and telling the world why You Give A Shit on Facebook and Twitter. | Afa-mandray anjara ianao amin'ny alàlan'ny fizaràna hafatra momba ny lavapiringa voaaro, fisoloana vava ho amin'ny fidiovana tsaratsara kokoa amin'ny fananganana hetsika ary mandrakitra izany hetsika izany ao amin'ny sarintanin'ny Andro Iraisam-pirenena ho amin'ny fampiasana lavapiringa, ary miteny amin'izao tontolo izao ianao hoe nahoana no mangery ianao any amin'ny Facebook sy Twitter. |
49 | And lest you think that someone else's toilet troubles don't affect you, remember that diseases caused by ineffective sanitation can spread - even into areas that aren't toilet-challenged. | Farafaharatsiny afa-mieritreritra ianao fa tsy hifindra aminao ny olan'ny lavapiringan'ny hafa, tsarovy fa ireo aretina vokatry ny fidiovana tsizarizary dia mety mihanaka - indrindra eny amin'ny faritra misy lavapiringa vita tsy tao anaty fanamby. |
50 | Sign the petition, here. | Soniavo ny taratasy fanangonan-tsonia, eto. |