![]() ![]() And letting you through depends on the temperament of the policeman at the front door. To get access to these toilets from inside, you have to negotiate. “Normally, we should also install public toilets. This mother mentions another problem: accessible toilets. There you could sit down, access the toilets or urinals, buy drinks, sweets for the children, etc. She also recalls that before the Covid19 pandemic, this problem did not arise: “People could comfortably enter the waiting hall. People need to have a place to relieve themselves when needed, well-arranged and covered shelters to protect them from the sun and the rain,” she insists. This is not at all good for a place like an airport. Chantale has no choice but to put her little one behind a car and let him relieve himself. The mother looks all around her, no latrine. Suddenly, one of his boys interrupts our exchanges: “Mom, pee, pee!! I want to pee !”, he insists. Here at least, I feel more or less well”, she confides, while watching her boys who play hide and seek through rows of vehicles. There you go, this is where I’m resting, under this tree. Under this blazing sun, I cannot stay in the vehicle because it is hot. ![]() ![]() Tired, she spread her loincloth on a block of cement to sit down. After more than an hour of waiting, this septuagenarian felt tired, exhausted: “Yes, it’s tiring to wait all this time without having a place to sit”.Ĭhantale, meanwhile, came to welcome her husband who is returning from a work mission in Europe. He came to welcome his cousin who is returning from China. Because with Bujumbura’s temperatures, it’s very difficult to fit inside the car,” testifies Issa, a man met at Melchior Ndadaye international airport. Today, we are forced to gather under the trees. In this case, we need shelter from the sun. In any case, they should be installed because there are cases where the wait becomes very long. Yet it would not be difficult to solve this ‘’petit’’ issue. We can find ourselves in a delicate situation because of this little negligence. A real ordeal in case of rain for those waiting or accompanying theirs. Relieving yourself and sheltering from the sun are two things that are not easy to accomplish at Melchior Ndadaye International Airport.
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