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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

A girl with a glass of water

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

See how UNICEF is supporting the Government of Nigeria to provide access to clean water for children

A volunteer hygiene promoter talking to a family

A Day in the Life of a Volunteer Hygiene Promoter

Zainab, a volunteer hygiene promoter in north-east Nigeria, works on the frontline to ensure communities are protected from the coronavirus

A woman with a face mask

“I have spent my whole life fetching water”

Access to water remains a mirage for millions in Africa’s wealthiest country

Children drink from a tap

Evaluation Report on WASH Programme 2014 - 2017

This publication provides insights into how the WASH programme was implemented in Nigeria, identifies gaps in programming as well as impacts achieved

A boy using a toilet

Power of private sector to tackle poverty & WASH challenges

The sanitation marketing and financing approach provides affordable toilet options to the poor, including giving them access to soft loans to build toilets.

Handwashing

WASH facility ignites change in a rural community

Installed with funds from the European Union, UNICEF and Plateau State Government, the new water facility now supplies safe water to the entire community.

A child raises up his clean hands after handwashing

Championing CRC Article 4: A royal example

The article calls for governments and other constituted authorities to ensure the rights of the convention are protected

Sanitation champions

A child sanitation champion’s impact on a community

Akisa, a primary school student in Benue State, promotes safe water, sanitation, and hygiene in school through the Environmental Health Club

Rehana washes her hands before preparing food for her family in Zabaramari in Borno in north-east Nigeria.

New water point to save lives in north-east Nigeria

UNICEF Nigeria plans to construct 13 water supply systems in the three conflict-affected states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa

Children drinking clean water from a tap.

Children living in protracted conflicts are three times more likely to die from water-related diseases than from violence – UNICEF