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We are committed to environmental protection while ensuring support for human activities that guarantee environmental sustainability for future generations through Waste Management. ACT Foundation also prioritizes Water and Sanitation to achieve equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water and to promote proper hygiene practice.
The Development Institute of West Africa (DIWA) was established to address critical long-term issues affecting the quality of life of vulnerable communities in the areas of access to education, health and nutrition, water, capacity-building, good governance, emergency relief, peaceful co-existence and other social services.
As insurgency, desertification and a dwindling economy compete for the government’s attention in Northern Nigeria, life-supporting amenities as basic as water supply continue to go out-of-reach in the grassroot regions. With the help of grants from ACT Foundation in 2021 and 2022, DIWA was able to support access to clean water in 20 communities in Yobe and Benue State, Nigeria.
During each project cycle, DIWA carries out advocacy exercises to get community buy-in and to decide on the best location to construct the boreholes. After workers and volunteers receive an orientation on the project, diggers are engaged towards the installation of the mechanical handpumps.
The process culminates in the commission and official handover to community leadership and the Local Maintenance Committee (LMC) to ensure sustainability. For a period of not more than 3 months after the handover to the community, the DIWA team continue to monitor and offer technical advice on the usage of the handpump borehole.
The targeted communities mostly consist of internally displaced persons (IDPs) who have had to relocate into satellite towns due to the increasing banditry and terrorist attacks in the North. As there is an upsurge in population density within these host communities and a prolonged dry season, there continues to be a gross undersupply of drinking water.
In terms of environmental sustainability, the project’s impact on community resilience is of great importance to ACT Foundation’s mission as we believe that access to clean and sustainable drinking water will help these targeted communities remain strong in the face of environmental challenges, such as climate change and natural disasters. Furthermore, the project continues to promote long-term sustainability by reducing vulnerability to environmental shocks and improving the capacity of communities to adapt to the ever-changing environmental conditions.
Aspire Coronation Trust (ACT) Foundation is a grant making organization established in 2016 to support local, national and regional non - profit organizations working to address challenges and associated vulnerabilities across the African Continent.
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