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Water Needs of the Diocese of Abakaliki
The Environmental Ministry has partnered with The Diocese of Abakaliki in Nigeria Africa. This is the home diocese of Fr. Joseph Ogazie and it supports a population of 375,000 Catholics. Nigeria has the largest population of people without access to clean water in the world and is not as well served as some other countries due to instabilities caused by poor governance. Our goal this Lent is to raise $17,000 to support two high priority water projects that they would like to undertake.
Ogbagu-Iyonu is a small, predominantly Catholic village located in the northeastern region of the Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State in Nigeria and has a population of approximately 4,000 people. The Idodo River is the only source of water available to the residents of Ogbagu-Iyonu. They use it for domestic needs, such as drinking, laundry, and for their livestock. However, the river is also used by wild animals, which poses a risk to the health of the villagers.