Monday, May 23, 2016

Supporting the National Sanitation Day - ESPA tricycle scheme shows the way



By Edmund Smith-Asante
 Some members of the Okaikoi South ESPA Tricycle Scheme Association working during the recent National Sanitation Day clean-up in Accra.
 About 90 operators of the Environmental Services Providers Association (ESPA) Tricycle Scheme have pledged their support to the National Sanitation Day (NSD).

Thursday, May 19, 2016

National Sanitation Day exercise. How effective has it been?



By Edmund Smith-Asante

The stench of garbage fills the air as people busily collect an unsightly mix of rubbish and black water piled on the shoulders of the road into a waste truck.

AMA forms mobile unit to enforce bye-law on environmental cleanliness



By Edmund Smith-Asante
Mr Anthony Mensah, Waste Management Director of the AMA (middle) in a chat with Mr Smith-Asante (left). With them is the Operations Manager of Zoomlion Domestic Services, Mr Husein Suadiq
A unit to enforce a bye-law of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), which requires households and institutions to keep their immediate surroundings clean at all times, began operation last Saturday.


Dredge Masters takes over dredging of Odaw drain



By Edmund Smith-Asante
 

Dredge Masters Limited, a Ghanaian-owned leading provider of dredging services, has now been given the job of dredging the Odaw drain which runs through a greater part of Accra.

Zoomkids take part in quiz marking Zoomlion @ 10



By Edmund Smith-Asante
It was great fun and excitement for Zoomkids Club members when they took part in regional sanitation quiz competitions to commemorate the 10th anniversary celebration of Zoomlion Ghana Limited. 

Monday, May 2, 2016

Single cholera case, no death this year, GHS confirms



By Edmund Smith-Asante
The situation when cholera struck the country in 2014

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed that as of April 19, 2016, only one incident of cholera outbreak had been recorded in the country, with no deaths.

Experts call for innovations in agric sector



By Edmund Smith-Asante

After three days of meeting of experts in agriculture in Africa, a call has been made for innovations that will boost the sector and make the continent self-sufficient in food production.

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