Provision of Lifesaving WASH Assistance to Flood Victims in Fufore (Pro-Life WASH) Nigeria is facing one of the worst flooding experience in over a decade, with vast areas of farmland, infrastructure, homes and livelihoods partly or wholly destroyed, with millions of persons displaced. The rain is not the only factor. Every year, neighboring Cameroon—which runs along the length of Nigeria’s eastern border—releases water from the Lagdo dam in northern Cameroon, causing flooding downstream in Nigeria. At the time of the dam’s construction, in the 1980s, the two countries agreed that a twin dam would be built on the Nigerian side to contain the overflow. However, the second one was never realized. Lagdo dam is located at 8°53′N 13°58′E in Northern Province of Cameroon, 50 km south of the city of Garoua on the Benue River and covers an area of 586km square. Its construction was intended to supply electricity to the northern part of Cameroon and allow the irrigation of 15,000 hectares of crops downstream. In 2012, water released from the dam flooded areas including Adamawa State in Nigeria, resulting in more than 10 deaths and loss of properties worth thousands of dollars. In mid-September this year, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) issued a warning that up to 13 states in Nigeria would experience flooding.

The 2022 flood situation has created humanitarian crisis exposing the victims to harsh conditions of living including being resettled in IDP camps where their poor hygiene condition has led to outbreak of cholera among other acute watery diseases (AWD).The harsh condition include inadequate supply of safe water far below sphere minimum standard, poor hygiene practice in their camps and settlements, limited sanitation facilities (toilets, waste bins), lack of menstrual hygiene management kits (MHM) and basic WASH NFIs.
The influx of displaced persons into host communities have added pressure on the available WASH facilities and while others were settled in new camps, these facilities are not adequately available to meet the daily demands of the people. This call for urgent attention. 
According to statistics from Automated Disaster And Mapping (ADAM) flood impact analysis for Adamawa State, Fufore LGA lost 25,682 hectares of land to flood and 2,185 hectares of cropland which will potentially affect 47,534 people, exposing them to critical humanitarian situation if not addressed quickly.
Caritas Nigeria will carry out this lifesaving WASH intervention in Fufore LGA of Adamawa State targeting at least 4 communities clustered together. The communities are but not limited to:
1.	Daware IDP settlement Camp.
2.	Yango
3.	 Pariya
4.	Dulo

The intervention will improve water supply through rehabilitation of hand pumps, rehabilitation of solar boreholes and or upgrading of hand pumps to solar power boreholes, treatment of home drinking water Chlorination of water sources and homes as a Cholera response strategy.

Caritas Nigeria will rehabilitate broken down sanitation facilities including VIP latrines in public laces, regular de-sludging and hygiene promotion to the affected persons ensure open defecation is eradicated.
This will mitigate and provide succor for the challenges being faced by the refugee, returnees and IDPs in the host communities and reduce their negative coping mechanisms. The intervention will  be participatory and community base, grassroots approach which will promotes localization. The project will target 25,234 people inclusive of 10% people living with disability and translating to 5,047HHs. Caritas Nigeria will establish WASHCOMMs in the communities for maintenance and sustainability of the WASH facilities. We will coordinate with other humanitarian partners and government agencies for better collaboration and knowledge sharing to meet all gaps in the communities. As part of our exit strategy, Caritas Nigeria will hand over all WASH facilities to the community leaders for continuity and to ensure that we meet our donors requirements.