Nigeria

We are acting here

The situation in Ebonyi State, which was only founded in 1996, is roughly comparable to the situation in our projects in India. These are very rural structures, especially in our project location Afikpo North. The majority of the population works in agriculture. A high percentage of families live on a monthly income of around €40.

More than 150,000 people who are mainly farmers, fishermen and hunters, live in the Afikpo region. The topography is rocky and surrounded by many small streams that flow into a river that connects the village to the Atlantic.

The average life expectancy of people is between 55 and 60 years due to poor medical facilities and a lack of clean drinking water. The majority of our support measures are provided in the Afikpo North district with the “villages” of Amuro and Mgbom. 50,000 people live there. Some relief efforts are also underway in Abakaliki, the capital of Ebonyi State located about 70 kilometers north of Afikpo North, as our board member Melanie Facius lives there with her family.

A detailed description of all projects can be downloaded as a pdf file (see download button).

Amuro Mgbom

School renovation

(Afikpo North)

The Solution

It is also said in Nigeria that knowledge is power and education is the key to success. With better education, children are ready to compete in the job market. We want to renovate all ten buildings and ensure a reasonable infrastructure.

“Modernisation of the school infrastructure” is another important aspect in addition to the renovation of the buildings. Beautiful buildings are worth a lot, but they lack important basic elements such as water, sanitary facilities, a decent school canteen, tables, chairs, computers, a playground and most of the necessary school and educational resources such as a library or equipment for chemistry, physics and biology classes .

Afikpo

Pure Drinking WATER

The Solution

We will build a water bottling plant and clean the well water with filter systems. Thus, clean drinking water is made available to the people.
This eliminates many illnesses and people do not need a doctor.

“puRE water for life” is the name of our large water project in the Afikpo governorate, which will be built in 2022 and will go into operation at the beginning of 2023. The concept is comprehensive. First, a well with a depth of 80-100 meters is drilled. The water is pumped up with a solar pump on a small photovoltaic system. We are building a bottling hall with several bottling plants with proven filter systems. Around 20,000 liters are produced every day. The bottling plants are supplied with electricity via a large PV system, so that the entire operation can be operated with energy self-sufficiency. Of the 6 million liters of drinking water produced annually, 50% are given to poor families free of charge and 50% are sold to mini traders at a fair price to cover our annual operating costs. We employ more than 15 people in total and will provide both environmental and health advice.

Abakaliki & Afikpo

Medical Aid & Family Support

The Solution

There are three approaches: medical emergency aid in critical individual cases, delivery of goods via Container transport from Germany and sponsorship of individual children. Due to the high administrative effort, the sponsorships are limited and exhausted.

“Family support”: Many families lack the essentials. Be it cooking pots, cutlery, furniture, clothing or a cuddly toy for the children, small toys or school supplies. As a rule, a container is sent from Munich to Nigeria twice a year to send goods for a number of families, but also a lot of equipment for the school. We cannot pay the family’s living expenses, but in any case we can give them a little joy and somewhat improve their situation.