WaterAid has called on elected officials to honour their election campaign commitments to prioritise the improvement of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) access over the course of their tenure in office. This they say will help increase citizens’ access to basic WASH services and contribute to responding to the state of emergency in the WASH sector declared by the Federal ...

In what has been described as a timely intervention to beneficiary communities in Enugu State, The Coca Cola Foundation, TCCF, through its flagship programme, the Replenish Africa Initiative (RAIN) has launched a 300 million Naira water project in partnership with WaterAid. The project, which will provide access to sustainable clean water, sanitation and hygiene services to over 10,000 residents in ...

Whilst the percentage of people in Nigeria with clean water has increased by 23 percentage points and those with a decent toilet has grown by nine percentage points since 2000, 29% of the population still lack access to clean water and 61% are without a decent toilet; holding back the health and future prospects of too many people in Nigeria ...

WaterAid Nigeria in collaboration with the European Union and other development partners such as Water Programme and HSBC has advocated for human Rights approach in addressing the trivialised issues in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services in Nigeria. WaterAid made this known in a three day workshop for the Civil Society organisations and the media partners which ended yesterday. The ...

WaterAid Nigeria in collaboration with Guinness Nigeria, a subsidiary of Diageo Group PLC, has officially commissioned a rural water scheme for the indigenes of Dika in Danko Wasagu Local Government Area (LGA)of Kebbi State through the ‘Water for Life’ project. The Diageo funded water project which commenced in November 2018 became imperative to alleviate the sufferings of Dika community regarding ...

Guinness Nigeria Plc, a subsidiary of Diageo, has entered into strategic partnership with WaterAid with the ultimate goal of ensuring sustainable access to water, sanitation and hygiene, while helping people take action to improve their health and well-being. The partnership has the Guinness Nigeria ‘Water of Life’ programme and WaterAid Nigeria working with the Kebbi State Government through the Rural ...

In Plateau State, as is the case across most of the country, access to water supply and sanitation services have been inadequate. About 61% of the state’s household population currently live without clean water, 29% without access to a decent toilet and 54.8% defecate in the open. Without sufficient access to clean water and sanitation, it will be difficult for ...

WaterAid Nigeria has today renewed its call for improvements to water, sanitation and hygiene in schools as well as healthcare facilities in the country. One in three schools around the world do not have regular access to water, basic private toilets, or a way to wash hands with soap and an estimated 443 million school days are lost every year ...

WaterAid Nigeria is currently seeking experts in these following fields to join their amazing team in Nigeria. Click on these jobs of your choice to apply: Business Development & Strategy Intern   People & Organisational Development Intern   Policy and Sector Strengthening Officer   Programme Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting Officer   Zamfara State Programme Lead   WASH Specialist, Sanitation   ...

Every day, some 800 million women around the world are on their periods, yet for most, this time of the month is shrouded in secrecy, shame and stigma – regardless of who they are or where they are in the world.  WaterAid aims to help change this by opening the conversation this Menstrual Hygiene Day. Why does WaterAid want to ...