Abuja residents are now calling on the government and other development partners to roll out interventions that will have to address poverty and inequality at their centre of implementation while pointing out that the poverty and inequity they’re facing are becoming unbearable. Some the of residents who spoke to MAWA-Foundation at Mbumoko, an informal settlement …
Residents of Akpanya, a community with the largest population in Igalamela Local Government Area of Kogi State are groaning over the deplorable nature of their road that is making lives difficult and affecting economic activities. The road that connects the community to Enugu State has been abandoned by the government for decades, making it become hugely …
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Onopa community in Bayelsa State is in unimaginable squalor after the state government in one year alone got N152.54 billion allocation from the Federal Government and N12.18 billion Internally Generated Revenue. Onopa community has a huge reflection of poverty with inhabitants living in pitiable squalor is 3 kilometres away from Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital. …
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Residents of Tunga Sarki community Kwali Area Council of Abuja the Nigerian capital city are dying and children are cut off from attending schools as a result of an inaccessible road in their area. The road that connects the community to schools, markets, and other towns has been terrible and inaccessible since 2018, making residents …
Solar cooking is getting dominance in homes across communities in Ghana, and, this was been boosted by Frank Otchere’s efforts, who has successfully built and used a solar CooKit in Ghana. Gaining knowledge of the usefulness of solar cookers, over 60 solar cookers have been constructed by villagers, and are being marketed for about $5 …
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The Federal Ministry of Power has been caught in paying the sum of N81.4 million to a contractor as a fee for the construction of a road in Kogi state that never existed. Under the deal, the Federal Ministry of Power paid the sum of N81.4 million to Tec Engineering Company Nig Limited as a …
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Parents suffering the COVID-19 impact are finding it very difficult to cope with the economic challenges brought by the pandemic, hence pulled their children out of school. Sure Start school has said parents of their pupils who were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic have pulled out their kids from the school because they could not …
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The outbreak of COVID-19 brought huge impacts on communities across the world, with women bearing a huge burden while governments and their partners not paying attention to how the pandemic is affecting women. In Nigeria, many women are struggling with the COVID-19 impacts, they are experiencing increasing food poverty, job loss, homelessness, domestic violence, divorce, …
As the world continues to recount the impact of COVID-19, there is little attention being paid specifically to how the virus has exposed women’s economic inequality, making them bear the economic burden of the pandemic, which has contributed hugely to gender inequality and pushed women into extreme poverty. In interviews conducted by MAWA Foundation across communities, …
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