Water and sanitation conditions in the Pintolandia shelter ENG

Interview with Sara Lopes, MSF watsan in Roraima.

The Pintolancia shelter, in the Brazilian northern state of Roraima, hosts around 500 indigenous people who fled Venezuela. Migrants and asylum seekers are exposed to flood, open sewer and not enough water points.

MSF, in collaboration with other actors, is improving the water and sanitation conditions in Pintolandia.

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Humanitarian and medical needs of Venezuelan migrants and asylum seekers in Roraima state, Brazil

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF281523

Date taken / Date Recorded 05/07/2019 12:00 AM

Country Brazil

Commissioning section MSF-BRAZIL

Photographer / videographer / producer Victoria Servilhano

Usage Rights (MSF) External Media, MSF Fundraising, Social Media

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Editor's rating ★★★ (F)

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Duration 58s

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[00:00 – 00:04] The Pintolandia shelter, in the Brazilian northern state of Roraima, hosts around 500 indigenous people who fled Venezuela.
[00:06 – 00:10] Migrants and asylum seekers are exposed to flood, open sewer and not enough water points.
[00:12 – 00:16] MSF, in collaboration with other actors, is improving the water and sanitation conditions in Pintolândia.
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Sara Lopes
MSF watsan
[00:16- 00:18] One of the greatest needs is
[00:18 – 00:22] to improve the bathrooms structure
[00:22 – 00:23] that are clogged.
[00:23 – 00:26] The sewage system is clogged.
[00:26 – 00:28] So what happens is children defecate on the floor
[00:28 – 00:29] sometimes.
[00:29 – 00:30] So how are going to say to them:
[00:31 – 00:33] “You need to use the toilet seat”,
[00:33 – 00:35] if your infrastructure is not appropriate?
[00:35 – 00:38] Or if the bathrooms don’t have water? Which happens sometimes.
[00:39 – 00:41] Another important issue that needs to be improved in the shelter
[00:42 – 00:43] is solid waste management.
[00:43 – 00:44] They are very simple measures.
[00:45 – 00:48] We have here the trash cans, the dumpsters,
[00:48 – 00:51] and they don’t have lids.
[00:51 – 00:53] And the lack of lids attracts vectors,
[00:54 – 00:55] which is a health problem.