NGO SOLVES WATER PROBLEM OF 3 COMMUNITIES (PAGE 20, NOV 6)

PRONET North, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) operating in the Upper West Region, has drilled three boreholes at a cost of GH¢20,000 for three communities in the Wa West District.
The beneficiary communities are Naaha, Dalanyiri and Dakori.
In an interview with the Director of Pronet, Mr Martin Dery, who was on a tour of some villages, he said the NGO was able to meet the water needs of the beneficiary communities with support from the British Embassy in Ghana under its small grants programme.
He said the British Embassy made available GH¢19,500 while the Wa West District Assembly supported in the mobilisation of people in the communities to provide labour and training.
Mr Dery said hitherto those communities found it very difficult getting access to water as they continuously depended on rainwater and sometimes streams, which compounded their health risks.
He said water and sanitation committees, comprising five men and three women, had been formed for each of the beneficiary communities.
The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Dr Nicholas Westcott, educated the people on the importance of water in the life of mankind, stressing that availability of good drinking water also helped to improve their health status.
He also advised parents in the respective communities to make the education of their children paramount, emphasising that the High Commission had interest in the well-being of the children.
Dr Westcott said the intervention by the High Commission was aimed at enticing the people to stay in their communities.
He commended Pronet and the people for their support.