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Nigeria: Women in Jigawa Community Fund Emergency Transportation for Pregnant Women
Nigeria Health Watch, 12 October 2020
"My husband and I have always known that I would deliver at the hospital," says Azeema Hussaini, 25, while sitting on a bed in a muddy two-room house, nursing her three-week-old… Read more »
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Nigeria: How Poor Jigawa Women in Neglected Community Contributed Money to Buy 'Ambulance'
Premium Times, 27 September 2020
The women contributed N1,000 each for two months to buy the vehicle. Read more »
Nigeria's Jigawa Women Chip In to Buy Much-Needed Ambulance
Tired of waiting for the government to provide basic health facilities, women from the Baddo community in Jigawa State have done what they considered the next best thing. In August 2019, they agreed to contribute money themselves to buy a new vehicle they now use as an ambulance. The 21 groups, made up of 20 members each, contributed U.S.$2,61 (N1,000) each for two months, to buy the vehicle.
The people of Bordo village modeled the purchased vehicle after the ‘Haihuwa Lafiya’ program of Jigawa state government.
