Health Related Programs
Water is one of the most important nutrients for humans' survival and sustenance, but the unavailability is alarming as over 86 percent of Nigerians lack access to a safely managed drinking water source.
Sustainable and equitable access to safe drinking water remains a challenge in Nigeria, this problem also contributes to high morbidity and mortality rates among children under five. The use of contaminated drinking water and poor sanitary conditions result in increased vulnerability to water-borne diseases, including diarrhea which leads to deaths of more than 70,000 children under five annually.
Over four-decade, the people and community of the Agbangwe community, Edumoga District in Okpokwu Local Government of Benue state have suffered the issues of poor water supply. Making them walk over 10km in search of water, the only season where the case is different is during raining season (winter) where the stream has a constant water supply and dwellers store up water in their containers whenever it rains. After several attempts of provision of equitable access to water, sanitation, and hygiene services and ensuring the sustainability of water services in rural communities through the drilling of the borehole. In 2020 the dream came through a borehole facility was provided by Mcray Victus Foundation that serves the entire community and its environs.
Mcray Victus Foundation WASH Program
Testimonials
Agbangwe community is blessed to have a man who cares about the need of the helpless. Thank you Mcrayvictus Foundation for this water project. You have delivered this community from the menace of water scarcity which has lingered for many years. The Lord bless you more and more Engr. Unaji Innocent.
This is a gracious act of love which will deliver and save many generation to come from diseases that could have arisen from drinking contaminated water. We are happy to have a man by whom God has used through his foundation to salvage not only the problem of water scarcity in this community but has helped alliviate porverty in diverse ways. We are eternally grateful.