Central African Republic, Bangui. ICRC visit to Bimbo women’s prison.

Showers and toilets in the Bimbo women’s prison, where the inmates live with their children, were in urgent need of repair. The ICRC rebuilt these facilities and upgraded the drinking water and sewage disposal systems.

In the Central African Republic in 2007 the ICRC also improved sanitary conditions in three other prisons and upgraded urban and rural water supply systems, repaired water points, built or rebuilt latrines and supported the Central African Red Cross Society in its efforts to promote good hygiene.