5 Communities to benefit from sanitation project
Five municipal and metropolitan assemblies in the country are to benefit from a community project aimed at improving sanitation and water situation in such areas.
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The 150 million Euros Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) project, funded by The Netherlands government will benefit the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly, Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem (KEEA) Municipal Assembly, Ga South Municipal Assembly, Ga West Municipal Assembly, and the Ga Central Municipal Assembly.
The project is also aimed at inculcating in children from the schools in the various communities the need to be hygienic in whatever they do, and to grow up as responsible citizens.
Project package
Briefing the Daily Graphic on the project package, the Country Coordinator of Football for WASH, Ms Hilda Addah, said the project comprised the provision of potable water for communities and schools, as well as toilet facilities for beneficiary communities and schools.
As part of the package, football equipment and materials had also been provided to the beneficiary schools with their pitches levelled, she added.
Additionally, Ms Addah indicated that the children would be taught Life skills on WASH to improve their living conditions.
Project target
According to her, the project was targeted at more than 100 schools for over 70,000 children translating into about 240 households.
Earlier, a delegation, led by the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Mr Julius Debrah, together with The Netherlands Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Ms Lilianne Ploumen, visited two dump sites at Oblogo in the Ga South Municipal Assembly.
The visit formed part of the Dutch government’s decision to fund waste treatment facilities in Accra.
Local Government Minister
Addressing the media, Mr Debrah said improved sanitation was a critical drive for the socio-economic development of the nation.
He lauded the initiative by the Dutch government, and urged Ghanaians to develop the attitude of good hygiene.
Dutch Minister
Ms Ploumen said the projects were being executed together with some private sectors from the Netherlands and Ghana.
She mentioned the Unilever-Netherlands Holding BV and the HFC Boafo Microfinance Services as some of the private sectors partnering the Dutch government.
“Public funding is drastically reducing over the years and in addressing public challenges, there is the need for adopting innovative sustainable solutions.
“The engagement of the private sector can ensure that risk and knowledge are shared with the public sector in fulfilling the latter’s mandate of improving the living standards of its people,” Ms Ploumen said.