WASH News West Africa
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Ghana: WASH United appoints country coordinator
28 May 10
WASH United, a global social club based on the common vision of safe drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) for all has appointed Mr. Rudolf Nsorwinne Amenga-Etego, the Executive Director of Foundation for Grassroots Initiatives in Africa (GrassRootsAfrica) as its Coordinator in Ghana. Mr. Amenga-Etego will plan, coordinate, facilitate, supervise, and monitor WASH United activities [...]
Ghana: On course to provide potable water
26 May 10
Nii Nortey Dua, Member of Parliament for Ledzokuku Constituency, has said solution to the water problem promised the constituents was on course. He said all identified hidden underground water wells with powerful pumps that prevented water from running into the small pipes had been destroyed. This, the Legislator, who is also the Deputy Minister of [...]
Ghana: Inadequate resources is no justification for failure to achieve targets
25 May 10
Deputy Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Dr Hanna Bisiw has warned the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) not to use the “lack of resources syndrome” as an excuse to justify its failure to provide water and sanitation facilities to rural communities. She was unhappy that almost every public sector organization was attributing [...]
Ghana: Safe Water Network to expand commitment to water solutions in West Africa
25 May 10
With the launch of five WaterHealth Centres in Ghana, installed and operated by WaterHealth International, Safe Water Network has achieved its first major milestone in its goal to advance market-based, community-level water solutions that combat the widespread human suffering caused by waterborne disease. Leadership funding from PepsiCo Foundation has made possible this initiative to bring [...]
Liberia: urban gardens to boost food security
04 May 10
The FAO is supporting urban gardens in Montserrado County by providing seeds and training in techniques such as conserving rainwater and composting. Today just one percent of residents in Montserrado grow their own produce, compared to 70 percent before the war. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), funded by the Swedish International Development Corporation Agency [...]
About Six Million Ghanaians Still Practice Open Defecation
28 Apr 10
Twenty per cent of Ghanaians, representing about six million of the population practice open defecation, because they do not have access to toilet facilities or did not know the health implications. Mr Tony Tsekpetse-Akuamoah, Environmental Health Technologist at the Environmental Health and Sanitation Directorate (EHSD) who made this known in Accra on Monday said sanitation [...]
Ghana: Ready For Washington Meeting On Water And Sanitation
22 Apr 10
Ibrahim Musah, member of a national technical working group preparing a document to be presented at the first ever international High Level Meeting (HLM) on water and sanitation issues to be held in Washington on April 23, 2010, has disclosed that Ghana is not only ready to attend but is also [...]
Ghana: CHF Uses Fun Games to Promote Hygiene At Avenor
20 Apr 10
German Stars, a football team based in Avenor, Accra, shrugged off the challenge of three other teams in the community to win a soccer competition organized last Saturday at the Avenor Park to raise awareness about sanitation and good hygiene.They pipped Avenor All Stars United by a goal to nil after dismissing [...]
Ghana: Nation Needs 200 Years to Achieve Water MDGs
20 Apr 10
Ghana is seriously off-track on sanitation services and will need more than 200 years to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on sanitation, while the whole of sub-Saharan Africa will need on the average, 198 years if current trend of progress continues, according to the 2010 WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring [...]
Ghana: People of Bokoro Get Hygienic Toilet Facility
16 Apr 10
It was all joy and happiness when the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ahanta West Constituency, Mr. Samuel Johnfiah, commissioned a six-seater Kumasi Improved Ventilation Pit (KVIP) toilet facility to serve the people of Bokoro over the weekend.The people of Bokoro, who for the past years had battled with the problem of an unavailable [...]
