Supported by certain beneficiaries of this method encountered outside her office awaiting her services, a couple testifying anonymously said: "Had it not been for this family planning system, we would already have at least 12 children in just a short time of our marriage. But we have only 6 children."

According to the man, whatever is said by our neighbors about the method, considering it as a women's affair, for us we took it with great consideration and we are experiencing its fruits, "My wife and I are both in good health," he says.

Furthermore, Cheick Mudiru Shimirimana, professor of Islamic religion in the area, said: "On the religious level, it is impossible to decide on a fixed number of desired children because it is Allah (God) who gives birth. The religion allows spacing births based on the monthly calendar according to what was established by our Prophet Muhammad. According to this messenger of Allah, the use of contraceptives is not authorized in our Islamic religion."

In this locality, at least 50% of the population already understands the merits of family planning, according to Nadia Kigeme, head physician of the Health Center in Ngozi commune, who affirms this based on a growing number, without however giving figures of people, mostly women, who come to the center for this family planning method.

Nadia Kigeme concludes her message by reminding everyone who practices or wants to practice family planning that the method guarantees better physical and economic health for a family and the nation. And that the choice of method to practice is individual.

By Chanceline Cimpaye