Ghana May Soon Import Water Over Galamsey
Ghana may soon import drinking water from neighbouring countries if illegal mining also known ‘galamsey’ is not checked. According to ...
Tag: Drinking water
Millions Without Water In Chile Capital, Santiago
Rainstorms and landslides in Chile have contaminated a major river forcing the authorities to cut off drinking water to four ...
Innovations Needed To Tackle Sanitation Problem
Poor sanitation alone accounts for about 700,000 child deaths from diarrhoea each year. Chronic diarrhoea can hinder child development by ...
Water Aid Increases Access To WASH Facilities
The Intervention by Water Aid Ghana, has led to an increased access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities in ...
Time Bomb In Ghana
IT has been established that until every Ghanaian gets access to potable water and the use of firewood and charcoal ...
CONIWAS Lauds Creation of Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources
The Coalition of Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS), has commended government for creating a Ministry dedicated to ...
WaterHealth To Provide 20m Ghanaians Clean and Safe Water By 2020
WaterHealth Ghana (WHG), has announced the completion of the halfway milestone in rolling out the decentralized Community Water Systems called ...
Zimbabwe Water Crisis Gives Rise To Backdoor Sellers
From jobless youths hired to dig wells to illegal sellers supplying water in buckets and large tanks, some enterprising Zimbabweans ...
Water Pollution, Time To Stop Impending Doom
“Famine and thirst sigh like a scythe across the field of statistics and the desert is a moving mouth”—Derek Walcott ...
142 Sanitation Facilities Constructed In Six Districts In Northern, Upper East Regions
One hundred and forty-two gender and disability-friendly sanitation facilities have been constructed in six districts in the Northern and Upper ...
Ensuring the Sustainability of SNV’s V4C WASH Project
A GNA feature by Iddi Yire Accra, Dec. 15, GNA - Community participation and ownership of projects is very essential ...
The Stinky Catastrophe
I’m sure all of us would agree that stinking isn’t appealing! We buy various kinds of lotions, perfumes, deodorants, etc. ...
USAID-RING Combats Open Defecation In the Northern Region
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Resiliency in Northern Ghana (RING) project has succeeded in combating open defecation ...
WaterAid Ghana Calls Gov’t To Action On Access To Sanitation
WaterAid Ghana, has called on the government to keep its promise to deliver universal access to sanitation. This followed new ...
Over 500 SMEs To Benefit From Financial and Technical Support
Over 500 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) working in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector are to benefit from ...
Public Toilets – A Chain In the Line of Good Sanitation
Public toilets – a chain in the line of good sanitation By Alex Blege Public toilets are built in communities ...
An Open Letter To The Minister Of Water Resources, Works And Housing
Good Day Sir, it has been a long time since we met, I see you in dispatches as you go ...
How Illegal Mining Will Cost Ghana In Achieving SDG Goal 6
Ghana was part of the 189 countries that came together in the year 2000 to face the future and brig ...
Hundreds of Millions Face Health Risk As Water Pollution Rises Across Three Continents
· Pathogen and organic pollution rises in more than 50% of river stretches in Africa, Asia and Latin America · ...
Political Parties Urged To Prioritise Sanitation Issues
Ms Antoinette Shor-Anyawoe, the Acting Country Director of WaterAid Ghana, has encouraged political parties to integrate Water Sanitation and Hygiene ...