By Ankeli Emmanuel, Sokoto
The Kyautata Rayuwa, a project funded by the Latter-day Saint Charities (LDSC), in partnership with The Bakhita Initiative (JDPC Sokoto), and Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
has left a lasting legacy of improved nutrition, clean water, safe hygiene practices, and resilience in the lives of Sokoto people just within 26 months, beneficiaries confirmed.
Speaking during the project close out ceremony held at Dankeni hotels, Sokoto, beneficiaries of the project who are mostly vulnerable individuals, Internally Displaced People (IDPs) returnees and host communities,
affirmed that the Kyautata Rayuwa project has not only built their confidence and self esteem but also restored their dignity and hope.
Addressing dignitaries in his opening remarks at
the close out ceremony, the Executive Director of JDPC, Mr Williams Daloegoet said the project, which commenced in July 2023, directly improved the lives of 25,259 vulnerable individuals, including IDPs, returnees, and host community members, by addressing malnutrition, food insecurity, maternal and child nutrition, hygiene, and access to safe water.
“The Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Kyautata Rayuwa has given good assistance to 3,837 households in Sokoto which means about
64% of households in Wurno and Wamakko local government areas of the state have felt the impact of the project”.
According to Williams Daloegoet, the Kyautata Rayuwa Project focuses basically on emergency food assistance and nutrition response implemented in Wurno and Wamakko LGAs, Sokoto State.
“The project, which commenced in July 2023, directly improved the lives of 25,259 vulnerable individuals, including IDPs, returnees, and host community members, by addressing malnutrition, food insecurity, maternal and child nutrition, hygiene, and access to safe water’.
Giving specific breakdown of the 4 components of Kyautata Rayuwa’s intervention, Mr Williams Daloegoet said, on food security, no fever than 4000 households were supported with emergency food assistance through an e-voucher system while the Water Sanitation and Health (WASH) segment of the project rehabilitated more than 6 boreholes thus restoring safe water access and reaching 21,000 individuals with hygiene promotion messages.
Continuing, Williams Daloegoet said over 200 breastfeeding mothers were supported through the Management of At-risk Mothers and Infants (MAMI) approach, while additional 4,110 individuals were directly reached through nutrition interventions.
“These include, 2,800 children (6–59 months) that benefited from Tom-Brown nutrition support and another
300 pregnant and lactating women (PLWs) supported with fresh food vouchers (FFV)”.
Within the 26 months period, the Kyautata Rayuwa project equally engaged
200 men through Father-to-Father support groups, and another 810 caregivers of children under five were trained through Care Groups.
Giving testimony of the impact of CRS Kyautata Rayuwa project, both Sokoto State Commsioner for water resources Aminu Abdullahi Iya represented by the Director Planning of the Ministry, Abubakar Alhaji Dange, the Nutrition Officer of Wurno local government, Bashar Abubakar, the Sarkin Sudan of Wurno, Alhaji Bashar, beneficiary, Hadiza Shafiyu from Wamakko LGA and Bilkisu Sambo from Wurno all
confessed that, the CRS Kyautata Rayuwa was a life changer experience for their people.
