Five fellows of the Carrington Youth Fellowship Initiative chose to undertake community based projects to improve access to Water, sanitation and hygiene, these included Olajumoke Adebayo, Yusuf Shittu, Mary Adeoye, Elizabeth Williams and Emmanuel Osinaike. These guys from diverse backgrounds and experiences were matched by the Carrington Youth Fellowship Initiative of the US Consulate, Lagos and united by the unflinching desire to make a positive difference in the health and wellbeing of Nigerians especially vulnerable populations. They shared thier experience at Ebute Ilaje on with Attain: When we stepped into Ebute Ilaje - a riverine slum community in Bariga, Lagos for the very first time, we were left astonished. The community was literally built on heaps of refuse, the ground bounced as we walked with our feet sinking deeper with every stride while navigating through piles of rubbish, human and animal excreta and of course, plastic. Children would run around barefooted i