Since November 24, over 10,000 people have been forcibly evicted from their homes along the Oworonshoki waterfront in Lagos, Nigeria, by the Lagos State Government, without any legal notice and in violation of subsisting court orders. Many of the houses were demolished by government excavators, while others were set ablaze. Even after the initial eviction, the makeshift shade structures set up by evicted families among the rubble were set ablaze to chase people from the land. Amidst this horror, there are elderly and infirm, as well as pregnant women, children, and young babies who need immediate tangible assistance. Examples include a retired teacher who suffered a stroke and is barely able to walk, who is now sleeping in a broken down keke maruwa (motorized tricycle) and needs just $200 to transport himself, his family, and their belongings back to their village; a blind pastor and his disabled son whose home was set ablaze and has nowhere to go; an entire community of fisherman who have gone to take shelter in a place where they have no road or electricity access and need a simple solar charging station to make this place habitable. Please make any contribution you are able to make, and we will report on exactly how any funds raised are used to support the most pressing needs.

