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A young person using a water spigot.

How water and sanitation affects school attendance

September 04, 2022

In a country with over 20 million children out of school, a project has shown that clean water and sanitary toilets are means to get and keep children in school.

Umar feeding his sheep.

Safe drinking water: Catalyst for new business opportunities and improved wellbeing

The Small Town WASH Activity is providing relief, improving the wellbeing of families and helping residents of Dikumari community, Yobe state actualize their dreams of economic growth. Umar’s story.

Saidu saleh, resident of dikumari community and member of the water consumer association.

Creating solid structures for sustainability with the Water Consumers Association

How do we preserve facilities built in communities? Here’s how the Small Town WASH Activity is improving the capacity of residents to encourage ownership, foster coordination and ensure sustenance.

A person filling a bucket with water.

Access to clean water helps restore the dignity of indigent families in Yobe state

Access to clean safe through the Small Town WASH Activity is ending embarrassment, enhancing the quality of life and improving productivity for families in Dikumari community, Yobe state.

A person feeds a goat in a small outdoor space.

Finding ability in disability: Conflict affected family empowered to conquer the past

Displaced by insurgency and in despair, Karu Bulama and her husband, both partially blind, faced hardship. See how the ADAPT II program fanned the flames of hope, changing their lives for the better.

Women leaders of the women’s critical discussion group group from kofar marusa, tudun yalihidda, abattoir, and kofar guga communities.

Helping rural women adapt to government’s cashless policy through innovation

How Mercy Corps innovative payment system is fostering compliance with the new cashless policy and empowering women in communities in Katsina state to own their finances.

A person sitting and smiling for the camera.

Leveraging communities’ trusted source of information to vaccine access and acceptance

The vaccine access program is increasing the rate of COVID-19 vaccination through the establishment and strengthening of Community COVID-19 Response Committees (CRC), which are composed of diverse community leaders and members of diverse groups.