09/10/2026
Building on our drainage restoration engagement at Jabi Park, Abuja, one moment stood out for our team.
A community member walked up to us after the exercise and shared his thoughts. He said activities like this are exactly what the community needs, and he would love to see them continue. In his words, this kind of work does more than clear drains. It opens people's eyes to how everyday actions affect flooding, and it helps everyone become more flood resilient.
He also made a simple but powerful request: waste baskets for the park. Much of the blockage we cleared came from litter that had nowhere else to go. Without proper bins, even the best cleanup will only hold for a short while.
This feedback reminds us of something we believe deeply at GIS Achievers Foundation. Climate resilience is not built by experts alone. It is built when communities see the problem, own the solution, and keep the work going long after the volunteers leave.
So here is our next step. We are exploring ways to provide waste baskets for Jabi Park and to make drainage restoration a regular community activity, not a one time event.
If your organisation, business, or institution would like to support this effort, whether through waste bins, materials, or volunteers, we would love to partner with you. Send us a message or drop a comment below.
To our volunteers who showed up and to the community members who shared their voices, thank you. Small actions, repeated consistently, protect our cities.
Local Language: Hausa
State: Federal Capital Territory
Country' Nigeria
