Environmental Contaminants Reviews (ECR) 1(2) (2018) 22-26 Cite The Article: Abdikadir Ahmed Omar, Md. Sahadat Hossain, Mst. Mahmuda Parvin (2018). Study On Knowledge, Attitude And Practices Towards The Solid Waste Management In Karan District, Mogadishu Somalia. Environmental Contaminants Reviews, 1(2): 22-26. ARTICLE DETAILS Article History: Received 01 January 2019 Accepted 04 February 2019 Available online 11 February 2019 ABSTRACT Background: Waste management has been a worldwide issue which most countries are finding the best ways of dealing with. Managing waste improperly poses threat to the health of individuals and the environment. Somalia as a developing country, its communities has been facing with a lot of challenges regarding waste management due to actions towards waste management. Objectives: To examine the knowledge, attitudes and practices of communities on waste management and how their actions have affected their health as well as their environments. Methodology: The study area comprises Karan district Mogadishu-Somalia. Self-administered random sampling method has been used for structured questionnaire and interview (N=150). SPSS V.16 has been used for data analysis. Results: The majority of the respondents 58(38.7%) were said sharps/and needles, while 41(27.3%) were said plastic waste, 31(20.7) were human excreta residues only 20 (13.3%) said none of them. The majority of the respondents 101(67.3%) heard the risks associated with waste while 49(32.7) of the respondents don’t heard risks associated with waste. The majority of the respondents 47(31.3%) were said breading of vector, while 29(19.3%) were said skin disease, 19(12.7%) were said respiratory disease while 55(36.7%) were pollution of soil, air and water sources. Besides, the attitude of the respondents, among the respondents 28(18.7%) were strongly agree that they care about waste management (reduce, reuse, and recycle), 91(60.7%) were agree, 14(9.3%) were not sure, 13(8.7%) were disagree while 4(2.7%) were strongly disagree. Moreover, most of the respondents indicates that 75(50.0%) girls are the persons that deals with the wastes, while 63(42.0%) said mothers are responsible, while only 3(2.0%) said boys and 9(6.0%) said father. Conclusion: The findings revealed that Karan district community have good level of knowledge as well as have positive attitude but their practice towards solid waste management was poor. KEYWORDS Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, Karan, Mogadishu, Somalia, Waste, Management, Environment 1. INTRODUCTION Waste is defined as unwanted remains, residues discarded and material or by products which are no longer required by the initial user. These materials are by-products of human activities such as process of preparation, manufacture, packing, repacking, unpacking, construction, renovation of structures and mining operations. Almost any substance that is discarded is designated as waste, but it may be considered as a potential resource. Virtually everything also in the “waste stream” has residual value for someone or some business in the community. Waste can serve as valuable resources as ground cover to reduce erosion, fertilizer to nourish the crops and the source of energy etc [1]. The management of waste should focus on how to find the value and redirect it back to the community. But unfortunately, our collecting and dumping process mix and crush everything together; and make separation an expensive and sometimes impossible task to properly manage wastes [2]. The proper management of solid wastes generated from individual house, institutions such as hospitals, health centers; from public eating and drinking establishments (hotels, restaurants etc.); from business and working places is a very important part of environmental health service in a community. If these wastes are not disposed in a proper way, they create breeding places for insects such as flies, mosquitoes etc; they provide food and harborages for rats. These insects and rats are health risk in that they are potential disease transmitters. In addition to health problems rats also imposes an economic problem [3]. The seriousness of environmental depletion in Somalia reveals the relationship between natural environment and people are unfriendly. Thus, it seems it will require high time to take urgent actions by modifying people life style, making people an experienced of sustainable development by acquiring appropriate environmental knowledge, knowhow, skills and capacities millions more [4-7]. Improved sanitation attributes to 36% reduction in risk of diarrhea while hand washing with soap reduces the risk of diarrhea by 48% [8]. In addition, good hygiene practices improve overall health through reduced rates of pneumonia, scabies, skin and eye infections, and influenza [9]. Hand washing is also associated with lower respiratory infection [10]. The seriousness of environmental depletion in Somalia witness as that the relationship between natural environmental and people are un friendly Thus it seems high time to take urgent actions by redressing people life style, people an experience sustainable developmental by acquiring appropriate environment knowledge, knowhow, skills and capacities [4]. 2. PROBLEM STATEMENT Currently world cities generate about 1.3 billion tons of solid waste per year and this volume is expected to increase to 2.2 billion tones by 2025, more than doubling in lower income countries [1]. This may affect adverse health population due to be caused by vector borne disease and risk of fire near where household waste is deposited., Without adequate enforcement of the existing environmental legislations and increased public involvement, important components of the integrated waste management Environmental Contaminants Reviews (ECR) DOI : http://doi.org/10.26480/ecr.02.2018.22.26 STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES TOWARDS THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN KARAN DISTRICT, MOGADISHU SOMALIA Abdikadir Ahmed Omar 1 , Md. Sahadat Hossain 2 , Mst. Mahmuda Parvin 3 1 Department of Environmental Science, Stamford University Bangladesh, Dhaka 1209, Bangladesh. 2 Lecturer, Department of Environmental Science Stamford University Bangladesh, Dhaka 1209, Bangladesh. 3 Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science Stamford University Bangladesh, Dhaka 1209, Bangladesh. *Corresponding Author Email: suldansaas@gmail.com This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ISSN :2637-0778(Online) RESEARCH ARTICLE CODEN: ECRNAE