Access to clean water and improved sanitation facilities is a serious challenge for many Nigerian communities. Acute scarcity of water in Northern Nigeria calls for declaration of state of emergency,  it is about only 30% of the population that has access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation while 70% are going through serious difficulties due to lack of safe drinking water.

In the southeastern part of Nigeria some women trek up to 15 kilometers in search of unsafe drinking water. A woman narrated to our team how she is always physically abused by her husband whenever there is no water at home. According to her “During the dry season, there are times that we go looking for water but return home with empty container because we cannot find a place to fetch water”

Afri-mission Humanitarian unit visited a community in Niger state and was told that the women women left the village for two days in search of drinking water and had not returned. In all the communities where we have gone to carry out hydrological survey, the inhabitants are drinking dirty contaminated water and find it difficult to access even the dirty water during the dry season. This contributes to high prevalence of water borne diseases and threatens the livelihoods of the villagers. Afri-mission Clean Water Program has provided clean water to communities in Kebbi and Niger state.

It is our desire not just to provide boreholes for this communities but also to construct sanitation and hygiene facilities. Open defecation is the major factor militating against the health wellbeing of many communities where there in no water. Even the pit latrines that are seldom found are breeding places for  germs and diseases.

This water is highly contaminated and  there are frequent outbreaks of water borne diseases like Cholera, Hepatitis A, Dysentery in many communities where there is no safe and clean water in Nigeria. We are constantly searching for organizations or individuals that will collaborate with us to provide these communities with boreholes and sanitation and hygiene facilities