Malala Fund To Assist Jigawa Women Flood Victims
No fewer than 500 women-Ied households that are victims of flood disasters are to benefit from the Integrated Basic Needs Assistance by the MALALA Fund programmes.
Founded by student and Nobel laureate, Malala Yousafzai, Malala Fund invests in girls’ education.
The Program Officer of MALALA Fund in Nigeria, Maryam Danburam, announced the gesture on Tuesday while delivering a speech during a one-day stakeholders consultative workshop in Jigawa held in Dutse, the state capital.
Danburam explained that the program will be executed through a company, My IT Consult Ltd., to ensure accountability and transparency among the vulnerable flood victims in the selected communities.
The program officer, who urged the stakeholders to be transparent in the selection of beneficiaries, said three Local Government Areas of Ringim, Taura and Auyo were selected for the program.
While giving an overview of the program, the executive director of My IT Consult Ltd, Mubarak Yussuf, said the three local governments were selected based on 2022 flood damage research carried out by National Emergency Management Agency
He said as part of the MALALA Fund’s effort to support out-of-school girls and flood victims, cash and non-food items will be given to 200 women in Auyo, 150 women from Taura and 150 respectively.
In his remarks on behalf of traditional leaders, the Danmajen Ringim and District Head of Taura, Alhaji Nura Usman, promised to ensure the assistance gets to the right beneficiaries.
Also speaking on behalf of women-Ied households victims, the coordinator women farmers association in Jigawa Hajiya Hadiza Giwa commended MALALA Fund for the assistance and urged others to emulate the fund.
