In the sweltering afternoon on the beach of Chorkor, a slum along the Atlantic Coast of Ghana, two playful boys were competing in a race; breathing uncontrollably. The front runner, with short legs...
Don't forget to wipe before you swipe the next time you are at Tokyo's Narita International Airport. Toilets at the airport have been equipped with "toilet paper" that you can use to disinfect your...
One hundred and forty-two gender and disability-friendly sanitation facilities have been constructed in six districts in the Northern and Upper East regions. The facilities are expected to support...
A GNA feature by Iddi Yire Accra, Dec. 15, GNA - Community participation and ownership of projects is very essential in ensuring the success and sustainability of SNV Netherlands Development...
Ugandan authorities have ordered the closure of a chain of “for-profit international schools” backed by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg over concerns of poor...
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has reportedly hired workers to go round the newly-inaugurated Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange to pick up empty water sachets and other waste materials that...
I’m sure all of us would agree that stinking isn’t appealing! We buy various kinds of lotions, perfumes, deodorants, etc. so that we can smell good because we’re all aware of the fact that...
President John Mahama has said his government is committed to ending the practice of open defecation by 2021. To this end, the President has outlined the investment made in the provision of proper...
President John Mahama has said his government is committed to ending the practice of open defecation by 2021. To this end, the President has outlined the investment made in the provision of proper...
President John Dramani Mahama on Friday officially shut down the Lavender Hill in Accra and commissioned replaced it with the new Korle Lagoon Septic Treatment Plant. The project which cost $15...
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Resiliency in Northern Ghana (RING) project has succeeded in combating open defecation in 56 communities of 17 districts in the Northern...
Beautiful and versatile Ghanaian screen diva Nana Ama McBrown has finally started a charity project which is very dear to her heart. After researching and leaning more about the deadly Cholera...
WaterAid Ghana, has called on the government to keep its promise to deliver universal access to sanitation. This followed new analysis in ‘WaterAid’s Overflowing Cities’, which ranked Ghana...
“It’s in the early hours of the day. A young man squats a few steps away from his house. His neighbour suggests to him: “massa, go into the bush a little”. His response: “come and push me...
The Upper East Region recorded the highest open defecation in Ghana with a percentage of 74.7 according to the Demographic Health Survey (DHS) of 2014. This was revealed in Bolgatanga at the...
Government is set to pay Zoomlion Ghana Limited over GHC448m for its failure to terminate its contract with a service provider Zoomlion. The amount is now debt that has accrued as a result of further...
Government is set to pay Zoomlion Ghana Limited over GHC448m for its failure to terminate its contract with a service provider Zoomlion. The amount is now debt that has accrued as a result of further...
An estimated 1.1 billion people in developing countries, including Ghana, ease themselves outdoors, though the practice is considered the greatest danger to human health. Ghana as a country was...
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has urged Ghanaians to build, own and use improved toilet facilities at home as a means to ending open defecation. “We want our people and...
The Central Regional capital, Cape Coast is a fishing port and one of the most historical cities in Ghana, founded by the people of Oguaa and is situated on its south to the Gulf of Guinea. According...
