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WEIN Programme - Water Provision Sanitation and Hygiene

On a national basic 54% of Nigerians have access to “improved drinking water sources” (as at 1999, an increase from the 1995 level of 50%), but this is skewed in favour of urban areas. While 71% of urban population (as at 1999 compared to the 1995 figure of 80%) has access improved water.

Only 45% of the rural population uses adequate sanitation facilities overall. Again while 66% of the urban population uses adequate sanitation facilities only 45% of rural people use it.

WEIN NIGERIA through a programme we called WASH " Water Provision Sanitation and Hygiene", we seek to Provide 150 boreholes and promote effective sanitation and hygiene in our project communities.

WHAT WE HAVE DONE SO FAR

WIN-B/WATER, SANITAITON AND HYGIENE PROMOTION PROJECT
It is being funded by WaterAid UK, through WaterAid Nigeria. This project started in 2000 and is on-going.
Coverage:
17 communities of four local government areas of Bauchi State Namely; Bauchi, Bogoro, Ganjuwa and Tafawa Balewa. However, WIN-B is currently consolidating in Tafawa Balewa LGA only.
Nature of Activities:

Borehole drilling/Hand dug well
Slab making and block construction for ventilated improved latrine (VIP)
General Hygiene promotion mechanisms practices.

Outcome:

* Over 250 Latrines constructed,
* 24 boreholes and 7 hand dug wells in 29 rural communities.

JAPAN EMBASSY

Nature of activity
- Provision of portable water.
Outcome
- Produced eleven (11) boreholes in Tafawa Balewa Local Government in Bauchi State.

AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY:

Nature of activity
- Provision of portable water.
Outcome:
- Produced one (1) borehole in Tafawa Balewa Local Government in Bauchi State.

	WEIN PROJECTS
	AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (ADF), USA:- Through Diamond Development Initiative Kano. It was a five year project from 2002, - 2007. Nature of Activities: Empowering rural women through the provision of micro – credit services.
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	WEIN PROGRAMMES
	- Governance Enhanced status and participation of women in decision making at all levels. - Agriculture/Economic Empowerment Improved capacity of disadvantaged women to earn and control income as a means of enhancing their living standard and those of their families in WEIN target communities. - Education Increased access of women, girls, vulnerable and out of school children to formal and informal education through strategic engagement and provision of support to target groups. - Health Improved health status of women, children and youth in target communities through access to quality health information and service. - WASH (Water Sanitation and Hygiene) Improved living standard of families through increased access in WASH services and information.