ActionAid Nigeria (AAN), Global Peace Development (GPD) weekend donated cash worth N54million and dignity kits to 3,000 families led by women in 61 communities displaced by banditry across Kaduna state.
Speaking in Kaduna, AAN’s Country Director, Ene Obi said the cash and dignity kits were donated by AAN and GPD with funding support from STARTFUND to provide emergency relief materials to the 3,000 women-led households displaced from 61 communities in Kachia and Kajuru local governments of Kaduna state without male family head support.
Ene Obi, who was represented by the Resilience Programme Coordinator, Anicetus Atakpu, said: “Within the last two weeks, ActionAid Nigeria and our Kaduna state local partner, GPD visited two local government areas hosting 61 displaced communities. These are communities displaced because of the banditry attacks recorded in Kaduna state in the past six months. As a result, families left their homes and possessions and are now in dire need of emergency humanitarian relief.
“Ahead of the intervention, ActionAid and GPD trained 60 enumerators on data collection methodology, leading to the registration of 5,812 households across 61 communities. This figure includes 2,956 households across 29 communities in Kachia LGA and 2,856 households across 32 communities in Kajuru LGA. However, AAN only catered to 3,000 families across the two LGAs.
“Following the influx of the displaced population into various surrounding villages and communities and the apparent water shortage and scarcity in some host communities, ActionAid and GPD promptly conducted a Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sensitization for 60 representatives of the communities. The WASH sensitisation included COVID-19 messaging in line with WHO and NCDC advisory.”
