Access to clean water remains a challenge in Nigeria. Despite government investments in rural and peri-urban regions in Kaduna State, the State government is still unable to provide potable water to various rural villages in the State.
Ungwan Galadima and Anguwan Galadima in South Kakuria, Kaduna State, Nigeria, are two small communities, with roughly 700 families each and a total population of 8800 people. Residents in these villages need to travel roughly 30 minutes, or an average of 2.5km to acquire borehole water, which is not guaranteed as being safe to drink. The women and children in the community undertake much of the water fetching. To add to the difficulty of obtaining water, insecurity in the region has increased, leading to increases in violent crimes such as theft, assault, and rape, in the rural area's predominantly unlit streets.
In Q1 of 2025, Konexa undertook a community development initiative to provide solar-powered borehole water, with integrated water treatment, and solar streetlights to the two communities of Ungwan and Anguwan. The initiative aims to increase the availability of clean portable water for households, increase productivity and study time for girls in these communities, and reduce susceptibility to water-borne diseases in the communities. Furthermore, the installation of solar streetlights aims to reduce incidents of violent and non-violent crimes by providing well-lit streets and safe areas to walk in.
Konexa has installed 27 solar streetlights in the community, as well as drilled two solar powered boreholes. The boreholes supply a total of 12,000 liters of potable water daily.
