For years, residents of Isiwu and Eginrin Ekun in Lagos battled unsafe water and waterborne diseases. Now, Project SWIFT is delivering clean water through a community-owned model that promotes sustainability, accountability, local participation, and long-term management of critical WASH infrastructure. Sunday Ehigiator writes
For years, many residents of Isiwu and Eginrin Ekun communities in Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area of Lagos State endured severe water shortages, relying on unsafe sources and travelling long distances daily in search of clean water.
Women and children bore the heaviest burden. Families relied on contaminated streams and poorly managed sources that exposed them to waterborne diseases, economic hardship, and social vulnerability.
But today, those communities are witnessing a transformation, thanks to Optimal Greening Foundation’s effort, as driven by Project SWIFT, the Sustainable Water Initiative for Future Transformation, which is an intervention designed to provide not just clean water infrastructure, but a long-term model for community ownership and sustainability.
According to the project document as provided by the organisation, it revealed that, “At Optimal Greening, our work has always been guided by the belief that people in underserved communities deserve the same dignity, health, and opportunity that access to clean water and proper sanitation provides.”
