The Urgency of Climate Action: Why Every Individual Matters Nigeria, a country known for its diverse culture, abundant resources, and vibrant population, is also grappling with the escalating impacts of climate change. Climate change is not a distant threat; it is a reality that is already affecting the lives of millions of Nigerians. From […]
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Remote Monitoring of Solar Water Pumps: GHI and USAID Pioneer Innovative Pumpview System On 31st July 2023, Green Habitat, with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), launched a new solution for remote monitoring of solar water pumps, called the Pumpview. The solution comes against the backdrop of several challenges that
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GHI DONATES TOOLBOXES AND MOTORCYCLES TO IMPROVE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF WASH FACILITIES IN KEBBI AND SOKOTO STATES. INTRODUCTION As part of the I-WASH sustainability program, Green Habitat Initiative (GHI) provided five (5) borehole-repair toolboxes to two water, sanitation and hygiene enterprises to support their work in providing maintenance services. In addition, two (2) motorcycles
Overview The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is partnering with Green Habitat Initiative to improve access to sustainable and inclusive WASH service delivery in Nigeria. The Project for Improved Sustainability of Integrated WASH Services (I-WASH) will ensure the reduction of waterborne diseases and associated socio-economic challenges through a participatory and innovative approach that
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Noise is a major characteristic of cities especially in the developing world. Nigeria is not an exception. Major cities like Lagos, Kano, Port Harcourt, Aba and Onitsha have played important roles in the development of Nigeria’s economy and generated a lot of noise in the process. People get exposed to potentially harmful noise in two
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Whenever we think of speeding, the first thing that usually comes to our mind is traffic accident. This is not surprising because the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) once reported speeding as the contributing factor to 50% of road accidents in Nigeria. The country is ranked as the second in the world in terms of
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Like in many other West African countries, sachet water is one of the major sources of drinking water for a large part of the Nigerian population. Commonly called “pure water”, it is a supposedly treated water sold in polythene sachets consumed by members of every social class. While the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration
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As highlighted in my previous blogpost, drainage systems in most of Nigerian cities are bedeviled by multiple problems making them predominantly nonfunctional. This is seriously alarming in the light of the projected increase in the frequency of flood events across Africa. We may not have control over natural disasters, but we can mitigate their effects
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