Nestlé began working with the IFRC in 2002 to improve access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in rural communities in Côte d’Ivoire. Providing free clean drinking water to communitiesNeighbouring communities near Banendale, Bonaberi in Cameroon now have free access to safe water after a borehole was built at Nestlé’s factory in 2012. Today, about 40 people a day visit the borehole to collect clean water – having had no access to safe drinking water previously. Earlier this year, three new fountains were also built at the Abaji factory in Nigeria providing clean water to thousands of people in surrounding communities. In Senegal, about 2,000 local people also have access to clean drinking water from a water point at Nestlé’s Dakar factory.

Source: GhanaWeb March 21, 2019 20:37 UTC