World Water Day: Nestle, IFRC improve 17,000 rural livelihoods with WASH

Clean Water and Sanitation are key to everyday life and the development of people irrespective of their location.
In Ghana, just 27% of the population have access to safely managed water.
According to water.org, about 18 million of the population still lack safely managed sanitation.
In order to bridge the gap, a collective effort is needed to help raise the standard of access to clean water and sanitation.
The project has provided 41 water points and 110 latrines in various communities.
Mr Sampson Awuah, Assemblyman of Katapei, a farming community in the Ashanti Region sharing how the project has benefited his people said, “the stream we depended on was not clean but we had no other option than to rely on it as our source of drinking water.
The saddest part of the situation was that the stream dries up every harmattan season and this means the whole community is hit by serious shortage of Water.
Mr. Awuah urged other organizations to support deprived communities.
“Water is a human right and every individual is entitled to it.
In as much as providing access to clean water is critical, conservation is equally important.

Learn More