World Vision Ghana has asked the government to prioritise access to safe drinking water in communities, schools, and health facilities. Mr Robel Wamisho, the WASH Technical Programme Manager, World Vision Ghana, said access to safe drinking water was crucial for improved health, quality education, increased household income, food security, poverty…
A ROCHA Ghana, a conservation-oriented organisation, says Ghana's water sources are decreasing in quality and quantity and need urgent acceleration of change to avert crisis. It said the situation was caused by illegal mining, destruction of headwaters, destruction of vegetation along riverbanks and pollution from activities such as agricultural, landscape…
Mrs Janet Atebiya, the Bono Regional Water Quality Manager of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), has appealed to the public to protect water bodies to save the country from importing water in the near future. She specifically urged ‘galamsey’ (illegal mining) operators to be patriotic and not financially greedy…
A solar-powered mechanised borehole has been inaugurated to ensure access to potable water for the Sukaya M/A Primary School, and the Sukaya community in the Gushegu Municipality of the Northern Region. The facility comprised three overheads tanks with fetching points; one sited at the school and two sited at vantage…
Nmaah Adongo’s confidence and her self-esteem has improved tremendously in recent times. The tag, “body odour girl” is no longer associated with the 16-year-old who lives at Kandiga Kurugu community, in the Kassena Nankana West District of the Upper East Region. At school, market, and home, she now freely interacts…