As I mark WASH Wednesday this week, I am delighted that the Wellbeing Foundation Africa is embracing a network building approach to enable local program stakeholders to drive locally led development.

Last week the Welbeing Foundation Africa, as leading facilitators and advocates of Clean Water and Sanitation Hygiene #WASH and the #CleanNaija Initiative, held its stakeholder engagement meetings for the Wellbeing Foundation Africa, Dettol Nigeria Hygiene Quest Programme in 3 of our implementing states.

Convening and converging representatives from various sectors, including the Federal Ministry of Health, the National Population Commission, the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency, the Universal Basic Education Commission, the News Agency of Nigeria, and UNESCO, along with local government and community leaders, and officials from primary healthcare centres and schools, these collaborations were an opportunity to continue to enable grassroots development, define policy tracks, increase WASH visibility and amplify health, while sharing updates on the program’s progress, discuss its impact as it scales, share evidence-based learnings and gather insight from key partners committed to promoting and engraining WASH with the Wellbeing Foundation Africa.

With over 43,000 mothers, 74,000 students and 22,000 community members reached through programming to date and 671 healthcare workers Teach Clean Trained The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine – LSHTM, the Wellbeing Foundation Africa recognises and emphasises safe water, sanitation and hygiene as essential not only for public health but as a catalyst for developing a more resilient, peaceful, and prosperous nation based in #WellbeingForAll.

The the Wellbeing Foundation Africa, Dettol Nigeria Hygiene Quest Programme social impact partnership with longstanding and trusted global hygiene leaders Reckitt, educates and enhances adherence to proper hygiene practices, in efforts to reduce infection and preventable diseases among school students, mothers and healthcare workers in healthcare facilities, and community members across Abuja, Lagos, and Kwara State, with an emphasis on widespread and intergenerational behavioural change, especially within the intersection of Maternal, Newborn and Child Health.