ACE singer, Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe popularly called Ayra Starr, has donated a borehole to the Orimolade community, Ifako-Ijaiye, in Lagos, as part of efforts to provide clean and drinkable water to the people.
The borehole project, which was carried out under her initiative E Dey Rush Community Outreach in partnership with Global Charity Initiative, Hope Spring Water Charity, came 20 years after the community has been suffering lack of access to clean and potable water.
Speaking on the initiative, Aderibigbe stated: Access to clean, drinkable water should be a basic right for everyone. I just want to ease the burden of, as many people as possible, in these small communities where they dont have access to water. It might not look like much, but if you dont have water for just a day, you would understand the inconvenience of being in that situation.
And that inconvenience is probably the smallest repercussion. There are serious health implications that come with not having clean water readily available to people.
While touring the world, she remained in tune with the realities of many disadvantaged people on her continent. To allay some of their struggles and make a positive impact, she has embarked on the E Dey Rush campaign to provide water to communities that lack this social amenity.
Project Coordinator, Chinemerem Nworisa, was full of praise for the partners and the community for their cooperation.
According to Nworisa, the borehole is located at Awoni-Murphy Street but would also benefit neighboring streets such as Awe and Baoku streets. He disclosed that the project was undertaken in collaboration with locals. One of the locals, Mrs Oluwatoyin, a resident of the community, offered her land for the project.
He said the public-spirited individual was happy to dismantle the shop she had set up on the site to aid the construction of a water tank and a borehole.
Young residents of the area were also more than enthusiastic to pitch in and aid the project till its completion, he added.