By Peters Olali | Project Manager
Inspite of the remarkable progress of providing access to clean drinking water since 1990, significant disparities persist.
Worldwide, over 748 million people globally are still without access to potable water, 90 percent live in rural areas, and are being left unattended to. So is the case with Iwokiri community.
Unhygienic water affects adults and children alike. For children, lack of access to safe water can be tragic. On average, nearly 1,000 of them die every day from diarrheal diseases linked to unsafe drinking water, poor sanitation, or poor hygiene.
For women and girls, collecting water cuts into time they can spend caring for families and study. In insecure areas, it also puts them at risk of violence and attack.
The community was visited to access the true situation of things for the team and the situation is as reported to us.
The xonstruxtion of the water facility will be estimated and sent to us by a team of engineers and once funds are made available, construction will start in earnest.
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