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Join us for the launch of district sanitation and hygiene services for communities' project | Venue: District Assembly Hall, Kenyasi | Date: June 7, 2022 | Time: 09:30 Read more...
Join us for the launch of Districtwide full WASH Coverage Initiative in Ahafo Region | Venue: Zeniel Hotel, Goaso | Date: June 9, 2022 | Time: 09:30 Read the brief and programme [Regional Programme brief]Leveraging partnerships to scale-up innovations for universal WASH services by 2030 Read more...
Theme of Ghana's World Toilet Day commemoration. Read more...
Open defecation was still rife in 2015 in Bongo District. Eight out of ten people were practising open defecation. The District Assembly together with WaterAid Ghana and partners took action to change this. By 2020 the district was showing strong progress thanks to sensitisation and triggering... Read more...
In 2016, Wassa East District in Ghana had roughly 56% coverage which was a concern. The district faced a water crisis, 6 in 10 water facilities were not functioning properly and payment systems had largely broken down. The District Assembly launched a Sustainable WASH for All programme and looked... Read more...
A prize to reward excellence in urban liquid waste management in Ghana. Read more...
Effective WASH services are a source of resilience for communities under threat from COVID-19 Read more...
Asutifi North district was one of the three selected districts where successes and challenges in the provision of water and sanitation services were collected. Read more...
Bongo District in Upper East Region, is one of the driest areas of Ghana with a population of just over 103,000 people. More than 30 boreholes had to be taken out of use because of dangerously high levels of fluoride in some underground water, causing damage to the bones and teeth of the people who... Read more...
Wassa East in Western Region is an overwhelmingly rural area with a population of more than 105,000 people. The district was facing a water crisis in 2015. About six out of every ten water facilities were non-functional, and payment systems had largely broken down. The District Assembly launched a... Read more...
Lessons from the Sanitation Challenge for Ghana have been shared in a report and animation. Read more...
Lack of prioritisation and funding for sanitation has led to slow progress in sanitation service delivery in Ghana. Read more...
Local Assemblies and private partners awarded cash prizes for excellence in urban liquid waste management in Ghana. Read more...
The Sanitation Challenge for Ghana contest rewards transformational city-wide sanitation services. Read more...
Presidential launch of the National Sanitation Campaign in Ghana, the journey towards SDG 6.2. Read more...
Creating a media buzz for an urban sanitation competition in Ghana. Read more...
Three Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) have won a prize for their best sanitation strategies in the Sanitation Challenge for Ghana. Read more...
Join IRC at two side sessions during this the 39th WEDC International Conference in Kumasi, Ghana. Read more...
Having local researchers work with local stakeholders on the development of monitoring tools has been an important success of the Action Research for Learning programme. Read more...
First in the series of Sanitation Challenge zonal workshops for Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies was a huge success. Read more...