….Organises Training on Water Sanitation and Hygiene as prerequisites
By Joy Gidani
As part of efforts to promote SDGs, a Non Governmental Organisation, Transfer of Appropriate Sustainable Technology and Expertise, (TASTE) Headquartered in Jos, has commenced a 3- day training on Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) for members of Gwagwada community in Chikun LGA of Kaduna state, Northwest Nigeria.
The training is aimed at helping communities combat the various effects of water borne diseases and to promote healthier societies.
Declaring the program open, the Chairman, Chikun Local Government Area, Samaila Leeman tasked the participants to take the training seriously as the growth and development of their community largely depends on it.
He further called on the organizers to extend their hands of charity to other communities who suffer similar water related issues.
The Program Director-TASTE NG. Jonathan Makan, said the project through the help of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) reiterated the commitment of the NGO through its funder to promoting healthier societies.
“Government cannot do everything, so there are organizations that help communities like yours to compliment what government is doing, that is why USAID saw it for to support local government and State to reach out to your community with the provision of water to see how they can curtail water related diseases and infections.
According to Makan, the participants will be trained as health promoters who will also train other members of their community about the importance of hygiene and the hazards of poor sanitation, like indiscriminate dumping of watse and open defecation which have boomerang effects on the environment and general health of society.
“It is your responsibility to take care of the water project and ensure that it is maintained so that members of the community can benefit from it for a long time to come”.
He further stated that the training is a pre-requisite activity towards the establishment of bore hole in a beneficiary community, and for every borehole drilled, four toilets are built along side.
Gwagwada community will be the first community to benefit from this USAID sponsored project with a total of three boreholes to be constructed.
