Friday, February 27, 2015

Contaminated water kills 10,000 annually


By Edmund Smith-Asante, ACCRA

Only10 per cent of urban and rural dwellers in Ghana treat their water before drinking, a household water treatment and safe storage (HWTS) assessment conducted by UNICEF has established.


Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Experts recommend actions for fertiliser, soil fertility challenges



By Edmund Smith-Asante, ACCRA
The experts at the workshop with Shashidhara Kolavalli doing a presentation
 A team of agricultural scientists and stakeholders who met in Accra last Monday, has offered recommendations to aid the government and the country to overcome its fertiliser subsidies and soil fertility challenges.


Monday, February 16, 2015

Govt invests GH¢17 million in borehole project



By Edmund Smith-Asante, ACCRA
Twenty thousand of these would be provided
The government of Ghana is currently funding  20,000 borehole water supply projects with GH¢17 million from the Consolidated Fund over a five-year period, the Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Alhaji Collins Dauda, has said.

Project to transform waste management systems takes off


By Edmund Smith-Asante, ACCRA
The Legon, Accra Waste Treatment Plant
A project to transform waste treatment systems in the country into self-supporting production facilities has taken off.

GJA 2010 Award Winners

GJA 2010 Award Winners
Dzifa, Emelia and Gertrude

GJA 2011 Award Winners

GJA 2011 Award Winners
GWJN's 2011 GJA Award-Winning Team

New WASH-JN Executives

New WASH-JN Executives
They are from left - Edmund, Ghana, Aminata: Guinea, Alain: Benin, Paule: Senegal and Ousman: Niger

Celebrating Award

Celebrating Award
The benefits of Award Winning!

Hard Work Pays!

Hard Work Pays!
In a pose with my plaque