Moda Madadi’s creative answer to Not Waste Water
Moda Madadi is a sleepy traditional Fulani community in Gwarzo Local Government Area of Kano State in Northern Nigeria with about 40,000 inhabitants. On Wednesday 22nd of March it came to life as children and community members trooped to Moda Nomadic Primary School, to celebrate World Water Day 2017 around the only functional water point in the community, donated by WOFAN.
The community proudly showed WOFAN how they are managing their water point for domestic and economic activities while also ensuring that water is not wasted. The district head and traditional ruler of the community Alhaji Shehu Bayero stated that "What the people of Moda Madadi have done with this water point is quite significant. Instead of allowing the waste water from the water point to form a pond, they have started a garden so that the waste water can be utilized for teaching school children basic agriculture and, they have created a drinking point for their livestock where excess water from the garden also flows into. The people of Moda have therefore answered the question posed by this year’s World Water Day – Why Waste Water? - most creatively.”
Yahuza Shehu, one of the youth leaders in the community: “The water point constructed and donated to our community by WOFAN has helped reduced many cases of environmental challenges, water borne diseases as well as reduced conflict over this important basic need in life."
Izawaka Yushau believes that the water point has improved school attendance as children no longer need to skip school to go and search for water or go home during break periods to drink water: “Before we had this water point, many of us, especially girls, didn’t come to school regularly because we had to trek long distances to look for water. And when we eventually came to school, we often left at 9.00am (break time) and never returned the same day.
Speaking during the celebration, Hajia Salamatu Garba, Executive Director and Founder of WOFAN, explained that almost all the waste water from homes and water points is allowed to pollute the environment, leading to environmental and health challenges. “According to the World Health Organization (WHO), reducing and safely treating and reusing wastewater, for example in agriculture, reduces the environmental and health challenges posed by waste water, thereby protecting every member of the society as well as promoting food security, health and wellbeing.”
The community proudly showed WOFAN how they are managing their water point for domestic and economic activities while also ensuring that water is not wasted. The district head and traditional ruler of the community Alhaji Shehu Bayero stated that "What the people of Moda Madadi have done with this water point is quite significant. Instead of allowing the waste water from the water point to form a pond, they have started a garden so that the waste water can be utilized for teaching school children basic agriculture and, they have created a drinking point for their livestock where excess water from the garden also flows into. The people of Moda have therefore answered the question posed by this year’s World Water Day – Why Waste Water? - most creatively.”
Yahuza Shehu, one of the youth leaders in the community: “The water point constructed and donated to our community by WOFAN has helped reduced many cases of environmental challenges, water borne diseases as well as reduced conflict over this important basic need in life."
Izawaka Yushau believes that the water point has improved school attendance as children no longer need to skip school to go and search for water or go home during break periods to drink water: “Before we had this water point, many of us, especially girls, didn’t come to school regularly because we had to trek long distances to look for water. And when we eventually came to school, we often left at 9.00am (break time) and never returned the same day.
Speaking during the celebration, Hajia Salamatu Garba, Executive Director and Founder of WOFAN, explained that almost all the waste water from homes and water points is allowed to pollute the environment, leading to environmental and health challenges. “According to the World Health Organization (WHO), reducing and safely treating and reusing wastewater, for example in agriculture, reduces the environmental and health challenges posed by waste water, thereby protecting every member of the society as well as promoting food security, health and wellbeing.”
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