By Chinenye Etoniru | Programme Officer
Access to clean water is a necessity for any community to survive and thrive. Water scarcity has a negative impact on the health and livelihood of individuals within the community.
Goal 6 of the United Nation’s “Sustainable Development Goals” is to “ensure access to clean drinking water”. This is because the UN considers access to clean water a basic human right and a critical step towards improving living standards worldwide.
The YDTP programme began in Iponri Senior High School in September 2015, 1 of 5 schools participating in the YDTP programme for the 2015/2016 school year. Armed with the mindset that leadership is about creating change in our communities, 60 students of the school set out on a journey to find creative solutions to problems within the Iponri Community.
On March 18, 2016, working in two groups of 30 students each, the Iponri water project was commissioned.
The first set of thirty (30) students worked on "The Water Project" which aimed to provide access to clean water to members of the community by rehabilitating a preexisting, but dormant, borehole in the nearby Iponri Estate Market. In order to implement this change project, the students partnered with the Head of the Market, the Local Government, local plumbers and market committee/traders.
The other set of 30 YDTP students at Iponri Senior High School have initiated plans to refurbish the Primary Healthcare Center in the Iponri community after visiting the Center and learning that there were imminent needs. In order to facilitate the process of donating medical equipment and supplies, the students have reached out to various stakeholders in the community to seek for support. In partnership with the Local Government and medical officials of the health care center, the students are optimistic that their goal will be realized.
Through the YDTP programme, youth are learning to create change for themselves and for their communities by establishing partnerships with local stakeholders and members of the community.
Slowly but surely, we can have the Africa that we imagine. The Africa of our dreams.
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