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Africa: project helps local governments contribute to water and sanitation MDGs
12 Jul 10
A two-year project launched in March 2010 is helping local governments in 15 African countries contribute to the achievement of the Water and Sanitation Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). United Cities and Local Governments for Africa (UCLGA) and ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability – Africa are partners in the European Commission (EC) funded project ‘Local [...]
GUINEA-BISSAU: Zero tolerance of cholera this rainy season
09 Jul 10
Staff from NGOs and the health authorities are going house-to-house to distribute thousands of bottles of bleach to residents in the Bafata area of central Guinea-Bissau, to prevent another cholera outbreak. An epidemic in 2008 claimed at least 225 lives and infected more than 13,000 people. “We’re doing everything possible to prevent a cholera outbreak [...]
Ghana near completion of Guinea worm eradication
09 Jul 10
Ghana has achieved 96 per cent reduction in Guinea Worm cases and is expected to hit the 100 per cent reduction mark towards completion, Dr Siedu Korkor, Guinea Worm Eradication Programme Manager said on Thursday. “If Ghana achieves 100 per cent reduction, she would undertake a-three-year surveillance and when no case is recorded, World Health [...]
Senegal: WSSCC commits US$ 5 million to sanitation and hygiene work through the Global Sanitation Fund
08 Jul 10
At a ceremony under the chairmanship of the Honourable Adama Sall, Senegal’s Minister of Urbanisation and Sanitation, on 30 June 2010, the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) committed to spend US$ 5 million in Senegal over the next five years through its Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) programme. Together with a similar amount prescribed [...]
Ghana: large urban sanitation research project gets funding
07 Jul 10
A large Danish-funded sanitation research project focusing on townships in Ghana is set to start in January 2011. The Sustainable Sanitation Solutions (SUSA) Ghana Project will examine sanitation preferences and practices, infrastructure and technical barriers, sanitation worker health risks, sanitation business models, and mobile phone technology for monitoring. Project Summary The University of Copenhagen in [...]
Ghana: Gomoa West MP supports constituents with projects
07 Jul 10
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Gomoa West, Mr Francis Kojo Arthur, has undertaken a number of projects with his share of the MPs common fund to promote education and sanitation in the area. He said he had spent GHc30,000 on rehabilitating three kindergarten blocks at Gomoa Nkran,Gomoa Osedze and Gomoa Nkoransa and an early [...]
West Africa: Affordable Micro-Irrigation for Vegetable Production
04 Jul 10
In the hot, dry regions of West Africa, small-scale farmers may spend as many as five hours a day hauling water in calabashes (hollowed, dried out squashes) or plastic buckets to irrigate their crops. But now farmers can make more money without breaking their backs, thanks to “Affordable Micro-Irrigation for Vegetable Production in West Africa,” [...]
Ghana/Senegal: research project on safe wastewater reuse for urban poor concludes
02 Jul 10
The WHO/IDRC/FAO research project on non-treatment options for safe wastewater use in poor urban communities was concluded on 30 April 2010. The report of the final workshop in Amman, Jordan (7-10 March 2010) has now been published. The objective of the project was to test the applicability of the third edition of the WHO Guidelines [...]
Ghana: Brakwa-Kokoso Water Supply Project completed
01 Jul 10
The Brakwa-Kokoso Water Supply Project estimated at over GH¢ 400,000, has been handed-over to the people of Brakwa in the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District in the Central Region. The District Chief Executive (DCE) for the area, Mrs Georgina Nkrumah Aboah, said it was appropriate to acknowledge the immense financial contribution of the European Union, which largely funded [...]
Nigeria: Yuguda’s water projects in Bauchi
30 Jun 10
For the residents of Lafiyan Sara in Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State, the recent inauguration of a solar-powered borehole complex for the community came like a dream, considering their long years of suffering as a result of the non-availability of potable water. Mr. Peter Danbiram, the Chief of Lafiyan Sara, recalls that over [...]
