Aim: The central aim of this research was to investigate people’s practice of sanitation and personal hygiene, prevalence of diarrheal diseases and to suggest ways of reducing the incidence of these diseases in the community. Methods: To achieve these objectives two methods (interview and observation) were used to study the problem so that the strength of each method could conquer the deficiencies of a single method studies. The entire study was conducted between May and July 2017. Results: The result of the findings revealed that more than half of the respondents in the study area have a good sanitation condition and the prevalence of diarrhea was 37.3%. Conclusion: From the study, it can be seen that people’s observance of sanitation and personal hygiene in the study area was generally good. The prevalence of diarrhea was high in the study area. Hence the needs to further improve the sanitation condition of the study area.
