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Nigeria: How Potable Water Changes Life Stories in Rural Nigeria

Before the EU and UNICEF came to their rescue, the people had no access to safe drinking water.
Like Nsit Atai, many parts of Nigeria do not have access to potable water, with rural dwellers suffering the most.
Provision of potable water supply was one of the various interventions in Nsit Atai by UNICEF under its WASH programme.
Children of Ikot Nkpenne community, in Nsit Atai Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, fetching water from the borehole constructed by UNICEF and EU The scheme is aimed at improving access to water, sanitation and hygiene in Nigeria – especially in the rural areas.
"I fetched water from the stream four times before going to school.
This only means that I had to go to the stream to fill all the buckets in the house."
Uwemedimo Davis, the deputy village head of Onong Uwana in Nsit Atai, said the provision of a borehole for the community has reduced deaths and illnesses among children.
This is the first time we will have pipe-borne water in this community," he said.
"We are very happy that WASH has come through EU and UNICEF to provide us with this water.
In Nigeria alone, 130 million people use unimproved sanitation facilities, and as expected more than half of them live in rural areas.

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