The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has donated 1,250 cartons of cholera prevention and hygiene dignity kits to flood victims in Jigawa State.
While distributing the materials at Tsakuwawa village in the Miga local government area, the Deputy Director of Planning at the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASSA), Malam Kamaladdin Ahmad, said, “UNICEF has supported the Jigawa State government with cholera prevention and sanitation kits, which are being distributed to the victims of the flood disaster in the state.”
Malam Kamaladdin Ahmad explained that the kits are to be distributed only to flood victims in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps.
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According to him, “The kits are only for the victims living in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps across the state. Those squatting with relatives, those who have returned home, and those living outside IDP camps will not benefit from this gesture.”
He noted that UNICEF presented 750 cartons of cholera prevention kits and 500 hygiene dignity kits to RUWASSA for distribution to the targeted beneficiaries.
The Deputy Director added, “As you can see, we have already started distributing the items to the victims. We are visiting IDP camps to deliver them.”
Ahmad stated, “Based on the records from the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), there are IDP camps in 18 local government areas. We have their locations, and we will meet them.”
“This is the seventh local government area we’ve visited. We have already been to Auyo, Buji, Kiyawa, Kafin Hausa, Gagarawa, and Jahun, and we are now in Miga local government area.”
He explained that each kit contains soap, women’s sanitary pads, water treatment materials, and other household sanitation items for environmental and personal hygiene.