Safe Water for Displaced Kids in Northern, Nigeria

When violence uproots families, the world often focuses on the immediate crisis of displacement. Yet, long after families begin to return home, less visible but equally urgent challenges persist—especially the need for safe drinking water.

In Ortese, this need is acute. Years of conflict have destroyed essential water infrastructure, while climate change and seasonal flooding continue to contaminate the few remaining water sources. As a result, children and families face daily exposure to preventable diseases simply because clean water is out of reach. The struggle for water not only endangers health but also undermines children’s education and community efforts to rebuild.

This is not an insurmountable challenge. By restoring access to safe, reliable water, we can protect children’s health, enable more consistent school attendance, and help families focus on rebuilding their livelihoods. Clean water is the foundation for moving from mere survival to genuine recovery and long-term resilience.

The people of Ortese have already demonstrated remarkable courage and perseverance. Now, they need committed partners to help turn that resilience into lasting progress.

Your support can be the difference. Please donate through GlobalGiving today. Your generosity will help bring safe water to Ortese, transforming post-conflict recovery into renewed hope and opportunity for children and families who need it most. Together, we can help ensure that the crisis truly ends when the conflict does.

Across Benue State, families are bravely embarking on the journey home after years of conflict and displacement. In Ortese, parents are reconstructing their homes, farmers are returning to their land, and children are eager to resume their education.

Yet, one critical resource remains out of reach: safe drinking water.

With boreholes destroyed and streams contaminated, families have little choice but to use unsafe water, putting children at risk of preventable diseases. Recent flooding has further compromised these fragile sources, intensifying the threat of waterborne illness and undermining the community’s recovery efforts.

Clean water is essential for true recovery. Without it, progress stalls—children fall ill and miss school, families face ongoing hardship, and hope for a stable future is diminished.

Your support can change this trajectory. By helping to restore safe water systems, you can safeguard children’s health, reduce disease, boost school attendance, and strengthen the resilience of the entire community.

Every family deserves the opportunity to rebuild with dignity and security.

Please support our Safe Water for Displaced Kids in Northern Nigeria project through GlobalGiving. Together, we can ensure that recovery in Ortese and beyond starts with one of life’s most fundamental necessities—safe, clean water.