In Uganda, an affordable alternative to dirt floors is a big boost to human health
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Children of Simon Tigawalana play while sitting on a clay-based earthen floor made by EarthEnable on May 16, 2025, in Jinja, Uganda. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)Alex Wanda, a construction officer at EarthEnable, installs paste on floors May 17, 2025, in Jinja, Uganda. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)Alex Wanda, a construction officer at EarthEnable, installs paste on floors May 17, 2025, in Jinja, Uganda. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)Rehema Namukose prepares a meal inside her home with clay-based earthen floors installed by EarthEnable on May 17, 2025, in Jinja, Uganda. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)A person rides past a sign for EarthEnable on May 17, 2025, in Jinja, Uganda. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)Simon Tigawalana sits on a bed as he rests his feet on a clay-based earthen floor made by EarthEnable at home on May 16, 2025, in Jinja, Uganda. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)Simon Tigawalana rests in front of his house with clay-based earthen floors by EarthEnable on May 16, 2025, in Jinja, Uganda. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)Simon Tigawalana sweeps his house with a clay-based earthen floor by EarthEnable on May 16, 2025, in Jinja, Uganda. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)Simon Tigawalana walks into his house with some clay-based earthen floors by EarthEnable on May 16, 2025, in Jinja, Uganda. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)Simon Tigawalana shows some of EarthEnable's work on his home on May 16, 2025, in Jinja, Uganda. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)Alex Wanda, left, construction officer of EarthEnable, is helped by his colleague to prepare the ground for a clay-based earthen floor by EarthEnable on May 17, 2025, in Jinja, Uganda. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)Simon Tigawalana shows dirt, that used to make up his homes floor, before getting a clay-based earthen floor by a company called EarthEnable on May 16, 2025, in Jinja, Uganda. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)Alfred Benja, left, operations officer, mixes floor paste as Noeline Mutesi, sales and marketing manager, looks on while in the workshop at EarthEnable, where they make a clay-based earthen floor on May 17, 2025, in Jinja, Uganda. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)
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Children of Simon Tigawalana play while sitting on a clay-based earthen floor made by EarthEnable on May 16, 2025, in Jinja, Uganda. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)
