Category: WASH
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Nigeria’s First Lady Launches N2.5 Billion Sanitary Pad Project to Keep 370,000 Schoolgirls in Class
By Abdulkareem Haruna In a major push to support girl child education, Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has launched a menstrual health initiative valued at over N2.5 billion. The “Flow with Confidence” program aims to distribute a one-year supply of disposable sanitary pads to 370,000 schoolgirls across the nation. The initiative is a major…
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Safe Water Scarce for 96 Percent of Borno Population
By Abdul Kareem A staggering 96 percent of the population in Borno State lacks access to safely managed drinking water, a crisis highlighted by Phuong T. Nguyen, the UNICEF Chief of Maiduguri Field Office, during the World Water Day events. The alarming data, drawn from the National Outcome Routine Mapping (NORM), was presented by Nguyen…
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Borno Unveils WASH Sector Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
By Abdulkareem Haruna In a significant move towards creating a sustainable Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) policy in Borno State, the Ministry of Water Resources unveiled a new document outlining the WASH sector monitoring and evaluation framework. The historic event took place at a one-day M&E Framework dissemination meeting held at the Pinnacle Hotel…
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Plan International Constructs Inclusive Latrines at Borno’s Ngomari Gana School
By Abdulkareem Haruna NGOMARI-GANA (tHT): Plan International (PI) has constructed an inclusive latrine at Ngomari Gana Primary School in Borno state, Nigeria, comprising gender-segregated lavatories for boys and girls, and a special one for persons with disabilities. The completed project was handed over to the Borno state government through the State Universal Basic Education Board…
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