What we do
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WaterAid and its partners use practical solutions to provide safe water, effective sanitation and hygiene education to the world’s poorest people.
We also seek to influence policy at national and international levels.
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Where we work
How we work
Guiding principles
WaterAid Nigeria believes that:
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Access to and control over potable water, effective sanitation and hygiene to have a direct bearing on poverty.
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The development and implementation of approaches must target the most vulnerable in society, especially women and children.
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Health benefits can be maximised only if good hygiene and sanitation are appreciated as integral to the improvement of water supplies.
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All projects should provide useful practical technologies that are low in cost so that user communities can take responsibility for their operation and management.
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Nigeria Sources:
World Bank (2010) World Development Indicators database - databank.worldbank.org, UNICEF (2010) State of the World's Children 2009 and WHO (2010) World Health Statistics 2010, WHO / UNICEF (2010) Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) report 2010, UNDP (2009) Human Development Report 2010
NB. Official statistics tend to understate the extent of water and sanitation problems, sometimes by a large factor. There are not sufficient resources available for accurate monitoring of either population or coverage. Varying definitions of water and sanitation coverage are used and national figures mask large regional differences in coverage.
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What we do
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