INgxowa-mali yaBantwana yeZizwe eziManyeneyo (UNICEF) iqalise iphulo leentsuku ezingama-75 lokubonelela amawakawaka abemi baseDjibouti ngamanzi okusela acocekileyo njengoko eli lizwe lithe gqolo ukuthwaxwa yimbalela egqugqisa ummandla woMmandla we-Afrika.
Bamalunga nama-35,000 abantu kwilizwe lonke abaza kufumana amanzi njengenxalenye yalo msebenzi, ngokombiko okhutshwe izolo yi-UNICEF.
Kuqeshwe iilori zamanzi ezintlanu kuRhulumente kwaye i-UNICEF iza kusebenzisa ezi zithuthi ukuhambisa amanzi kwiindawo ezikhethiweyo ezingama-35 ezingenalo oluthembekileyo lokufikelela kumanzi akhuselekileyo. Le arhente ikwabonelela ngezixhobo zokulungisa nokulungisa amaqula namaqula.
I-Djibouti lelinye lawona mazwe akummandla womileyo ehlabathini, anomlinganiselo weemilimitha ezili-150 zemvula nyaka ngamnye kunye nembalela ebakho rhoqo.
Kodwa imbalela ekhoyo ngoku ibimbi kakhulu, yaye umntwana omnye kwabahlanu waseDjibouti ngoku uchazwa njengongondlekanga. I-UNICEF ithe oku kwenza eli lizwe libe lelesibini kwabachaphazeleka kakhulu - emva kweSomalia - yingxaki ekhoyo kwi-Horn of Africa.
"Iimfuno kulo nyaka bezinzima kakhulu, kwaye i-UNICEF ibeke phambili ukubonelela ngamanzi okusela akhuselekileyo kubantwana kunye neentsapho zabo kwiindawo ezisesichengeni," utshilo uJoseph Marrato, ummeli we-arhente e-Djibouti.
