Rotary devotes N34m to Abuja rural health, education
Rotary Club of Abuja Ministers Hill is to raise N34.245 million to fund health, sanitation and education projects in slum communities of Abuja. It has adopted Jahi II as the community where it will train a community corps in hand washing, water purification, simple first aid and general water, sanitation and hygiene practice to […]
Rotary Club of Abuja Ministers Hill is to raise N34.245 million to fund health, sanitation and education projects in slum communities of Abuja.
It has adopted Jahi II as the community where it will train a community corps in hand washing, water purification, simple first aid and general water, sanitation and hygiene practice to “reduce the possibility of water-borne diseases.”
The fourth president of the club, Samuel Usman, announced the club’s new community projects at his investiture on Saturday.
“Water, sanitation and hygiene is one critical thing we want to focus on to reduce outbreaks of water-borne diseases,” said Usman.
“It is not about doing things that are expensive. It is about doing things that are impactful," he said.
The club plans to commit N2.520 million to pay for antenatal and postnatal services for women in 10 community health centres, starting with three mothers every month over a year.
It will commit N2m to provide learning materials and textbooks in 10 select primary schools in the FCT and provide financial assistance for at least 100 pupils in rural communities by paying for their school enrolment, uniforms, bags, sandals and cardigans.
It will also earmark N12m to produce media content aimed at sharpening public focus on peace and conflict resolution.
Included in the community project is monthly awareness campaign on prevention of polio, hepatitis, fistula and other killer diseases.
Usman said Rotary will use its fund-raising abilities to reach out to philanthropists, individuals and members to realize its community projects.