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The Wellbeing Foundation Africa and its international donors and partners are committed to improving WASH in healthcare facilities, households, schools and communities across Nigeria and around the world.
Our MamaCare360 WASHForWellbeing classes, delivered by a dedicated team of qualified professional Midwives, take place weekly at all locations, emphasizing key skills of hygiene in health facilities, and environmental and surface hygiene, for maternal, newborn and child survival.
In May 2018, WBFA Founder-President, H.E. Mrs Toyin Ojora Saraki launched a global WASH campaign in Abuja at a meeting with Dr. Wondi Alemu, WHO Representative and Head of Mission in Nigeria. Mrs Saraki announced that the WBFA would work with partners including Global Water 2020, an initiative based in Washington D.C. which is designed to accelerate progress toward water access and security for all people in developing countries, with a particular focus on increasing the availability of WASH in healthcare centres.
Wellbeing Foundation Africa acknowledges the fundamental necessity of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. Throughout our multi-layered strategy of research, advocacy, policy development, community engagement, philanthropy and education, we have prioritized women, adolescent girls, and children within our various programs, focusing on maternal and infant health, as well as sexual, reproductive, mental, and social health in order to empower and strengthen girls and women from birth to old age.
In the six years since the launch of the Adolescent Personal Social Health Education (PSHE) programme in schools across Kwara, Lagos, Osun, Cross Rivers states (Ogoja), and the FCT, WBFA has turned young girls into campaigners and advocates in their homes and communities as they share the knowledge imparted on them through the programme within their circles.
“ Most primary health centers in Nigeria lack good washing facilities. At the Lugbe PHC, there is no washing sink in the labor room, so water has to be fetched from the tap outside and brought to the mother. A health worker who wants to wash her hands will have to fetch a bucket. It is not possible for us to do our jobs as midwives without access to water, sanitation, and handwashing stations. ”
Rita Momoh
WBFA Midwife
WBFA’s programmes are supported through sponsorship, donations and partner funding. As we continue to grow in our work and reach, we seek additional support. Below are various ways you can be involved.
Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights and Knowledge for adolescent girls
Nutritional Knowledge and Iron Folic Acid supplementation for adolescent girls
WASH for adolescents
Advocacy against Gender-Based Violence and harmful practices