Environmental research

Makoko Waterfront Communities is a slum in Lagos that is estimated to contain about 50,000 households spread across Makoko, Okobaba and Iwaya settlements. More than 60% of the residents in the communities do not have access to grid and the major source of energy is kerosene both for lighting and cooking with the huge health and environmental effects of carbon emission. Also, with the way their houses are designed to be on top of water, they have little or no land space to cook so most cooking indoors with concentration of Indoor Air Pollution (IAP). This project will eliminate the use of kerosene and thereby reduce carbon emission and improve the environment. It will also improve the economic wellbeing of the beneficiaries as it will reduce their weekly expenditure on kerosene including cost of charging mobile phones and create jobs.

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