By; JABIRU A. HASSAN, Kano
Environmental safety would continue to be the main objective of Arewa Women Initiative For Climate change And Advocacy (AWIFCA) to ensure better livelihood through creating awareness on climate change at both rural and urban settlements.
This was expressed by the initiative’s founder, Hajiya Alawuyya Baba Musa in an interactive session with our correspondent in Kano, adding that AWIFCA is working selflessly to make climatic change more effective in various means of implementation.
She announced that the organisation has made excellent progress in its ongoing programmes as an NGO, despite some challenges.
She reiterated AWIFCA’s commitment and determination to continue making impacts in the society.
Hajiya Alawuyya added that, “as an NGO which I founded in 2020, we have gone far in making good use of our time and experience to ensure that our communities maintain clean and healthy environment that would we be proud of at both urban and rural areas.”
Speaking on some successes recorded, Hajiya Alawuyya disclosed that, “we have made good impact in the area of environmental safety and health by initiating many activities that are being recognised by different communities which cannot be showcased at the moment.
She stated that under the initiative, they successfully launched and supported some developmental projects which include climate change awareness march, tree planting campaigns in some selected schools in Kano State and programmes on clean cooking that is aimed at reducing environmental pollution.
Furthermore, Alawuyya Baba Musa said that they have also distributed Sawyer water filters to some communities in Kano State, selected from seven local government areas in AWIFCA’s efforts to ensure that everybody remains healthy.
Further commenting on the activities of her NGO, Hajiya Alawuyya Baba Musa said that, ” certainty we are working selflessly to ensure that all is well regarding environment which is termed as one of the most important factors influencing excellent livelihood, therefore, I am always bringing out modalities that can be of benefit to the people without bias.”
