Tag: sanitation
Upgraded BaSIS to give comprehensive action on sanitation
Mr Peter Pariki-Kwashie, Volta Regional Community-led Sanitation(CLTS) focal person, said the upgraded Basic Sanitation Information System (BaSIS), has helped to eliminate inconsistencies in the...
Teshie Tafo engulf with filth, pleas with government for help
Residents of Teshie Tafo in the Greater Accra Region have appealed to the government to help improve upon the poor sanitation, which has created...
Political Parties urged to invest in Water interventions
Mr George Yorke, Head of policy advocacy and campaign for WaterAid Ghana, on Tuesday urged political parties to prioritize Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)...
Upgrade EHOs to Authority status to adequately fight sanitation problems
The Ho Municipal Environmental Health Officer (MEHO), Mr Aaronn Kofi Amedzo, has advocated for the upgrading of the Environmental Health and Sanitation Department to...
Independent PC to improve sanitation in Sandema market
Mr Simon Gibson Achavuusum Anuegabey, an Independent Candidate contesting the Builsa North Constituency seat in the Upper East Region has stressed the need for...
30-year old rabbit farmer emerges best farmer for Ablekuma Central
Mr Joshua Belifei, a 30-year old rabbit farmer, emerged the overall best farmer in the Ablekuma Central Municipality at the 36th National Farmers' Day...
Nation Building Updates: Regional ministers tout government’s achievements
Five regional ministers have touted the Akufo-Addo-led government’s achievements since assuming office in January 2017.
At the Fifth Edition of the Nation Building Updates...
AFD, EIB, the EU and Kenya join forces to improve access to water and...
On the sidelines of the visit to France of the President of the Republic of Kenya, H.E. Mr. Uhuru KENYATTA on October 2, financing...
Zambia rolls out major water, sanitation project
Zambia has embarked on a 20 million U.S. dollar project aimed at enhancing access to water and sanitation services in the northern part of...
Floods kill 51 in southern Niger, destroy 26,000 homes – UN
Torrential rains battering Niger since June have claimed 51 lives and destroyed 26,000 homes, affecting 281,0000 people, the UN Office for the Coordination of...
Mozambique to introduce tourism sanitation seal amid COVID-19 pandemic
The Mozambican Ministry of Culture and Tourism is planning to introduce a sanitation certification seal in the touristic facilities nationwide this year, Radio Mozambique...
Zoomlion trains sanitation workers on waste management
Zoomlion Ghana has trained 100 team leaders of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) on Standard Operating Procedures and effective waste management in...
Sanitation is our major challenge – Chorkor residents
Residents of Chorkor, a fishing and fish mongering community in the Ablekuma South Sub-Metropolitan District Council have identified sanitation as the major challenge inhibiting...
Korle Klottey Assembly begins renovation of Tema Station
The Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly has commenced partial repair works at the Tema Station in Accra to make the lorry park more user-friendly.
Nii Adjei...
Chief reminds communities to participate in clean-up exercises
The Akuafo-hene (chief farmer) of Amanase near Suhum has reminded communities in the Ayensuano District of the Eastern Region, about the importance of sanitation.
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Hohoe Municipal Assembly gets new office complex
Mr. Andrews Teddy Ofori, Hohoe Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), has said the Assembly is poised to render expedited services to businesses and residents through...
President Akufo-Addo inaugurates Nalerigu Water System
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Tuesday inaugurated a GHc9.7 million Water System to extend potable water to the chiefs and people of Nalerigu, the...
Mozambique to improve sanitation for school re-opening amid COVID-19 pandemic
Mozambican government announced Tuesday in Maputo that the water and sanitation infrastructures in schools nationwide will be rehabilitated in 90 days, following President Filipe...
Government initiates project to improve water and sanitation in Ashanti
Government will soon outdoor a project to improve water and sanitation in the Ashanti Region.
The 85 million dollars...
Fighting COVID-19 through hygiene: Innovations for non-piped communities
There has never been a time when the need to regularly wash hands with soap under running water has highly been recommended more than...
Miss Metropolitan Intellectual Pageant 2020 to be launched in July
The maiden edition of the annual Miss Metropolitan Intellectual beauty pageant will be launched in Accra in July, 2020.
The Miss Metro Foundation, organizers of...
COVID-19: WVG strengthens education in rural communities
The Sekyere East Cluster Office of the World Vision Ghana (WVG) has embarked on an intensive outreach programme to educate people in rural communities...
Two families support Kumasi Children’s Home with food items
Two couples with long-standing friendship, have donated food items and hygiene products to the Kumasi Children’s Home as their widow’s mite towards the upkeep...
Kenyans step up community fight against COVID-19 via sanitation
One by one, residents passed through a sanitation booth placed at Kitengela bus terminus, south of Nairobi, on Tuesday morning.
The rush...
No social distancing as Namemboku residents struggle for water
Lack of potable water has forced residents of Namemboku, a community in the East Mamprusi Municipality, to disregard the social distancing protocol by gathering...
GAMA-SWP project has improved sanitation outlook – Consultant
The Greater Accra Metropolitan Area – Sanitation and Water Project (GAMA-SWP) sponsored by the World Bank has helped to improve hygiene and good sanitation...
Nestle Ghana supports COVID-19 relief effort with 2.4 million
Nestlé Ghana Limited has supported institutions and communities in Ghana, in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, through donations valued at a total of GHC 2.4...
WV-Ghana announces two million dollars COVID-19 Response Plan
World Vision Ghana (WVG) has announced a two million dollar response plan towards the eradication of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on health...
PoP supports Volta/Oti Education Directorates with handwashing facilities
Pencils of Promise (PoP), a Non-Governmental Organisation with focus on education has supported the Volta and Oti Regional Education Directorates with 20 handwashing stations...
Sanitation and Water Resources Ministry donates to Chief Imam
As Moslems in the country begin the Ramadan fast, the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources has supported the National Chief Imam, Sheik Osmanu...