‘Recognise Efforts of RICCS, DICCS’
Country Director of WaterAid Ghana, Mr. Mohammed Abdul-Nashiru, has expressed the urgent need to recognise efforts and contributions of the Regional Interagency Coordinating Committees (RICCS) and...
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WaterAid Supports Two Districts To Curb Maternal Mortality
WaterAid Ghana(WAG) has signed a GHC 2.5million agreement with the Bongo and Kassena Nankana West district assemblies in the Upper East Region to improve Maternal, Newborn and child health-care...
Bring Back Our Rights To Water
What is the circumference of the planet earth? No need to be specific, but we know it would make a baobab tree look very, very small. With that in mind, consider this, if all the people living in...
World Water Day: One In Four Children Will Live With Water Scarcity By 2040
One in four of the world’s children will be living in areas with extremely limited water resources by 2040 as a result of climate change, the UN has warned. Within two decades, 600 million children...
Water Carriers In Madagascar Bear Brunt of Global Crisis
As usual, they get up before dawn and, one by one, place their cans in a neat row at the base of the water pump, ready for another long day of waiting and carrying. For the water carriers of...
Unilever Appoints Two Women Directors
Unilever Ghana Limited has announced the appointment of two new women directors in line with regulatory requirements. Mrs Angela Peasah has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Company...
Martin Dery Chairs CONIWAS
Coalition of Non-Governmental Organisations in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS) has elected Martin Dery as its new Chairman. The other elected executives include Vice Chairman, Atta Arhin; Northern...
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 five districts across the country. Mr Abdul-Nashiru Mohammed, Country...
Girls Need Help With Menstrual Hygiene
Adolescence in girls signifies the transition from girlhood to womanhood. Good menstrual hygiene is crucial for the health, education and dignity of girls and women. This is an important sanitation...
Dodging ‘land Mines’ On the Beach of Chorkor
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...
Our Health Sector Isn’t In Comatose…
Sometimes, one just settle to think of how Nigeria came about, and thoughts of our founding fathers betraying this nation starts floating in one’s narrow mind, only for critical thinking to steal...
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 analysis in ‘WaterAid’s Overflowing Cities’, which ranked Ghana...
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 (WASH) issues in their manifestoes and discuss...