Project Report
| Oct 9, 2018
Project on Pause
By Kemi | Project leaders
Recently there has been a change in governement and this has meant the water project has had to be put on hold.
With your support we've manged to drill the bore hole and secure fresh water into the village. Unfortunalty its not able to be drunk yet due to salinety, but the villagers are able to wash with it and in it, freeing up other water supplies for drinking and cooking with.
There have been some issues with importing the equipment needed to rectify this situation, so we have had to put the project on hold while legal processes take place. This may take some time.
So thank you for your donations to help us to get this far and providing water to this small village.
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Apr 5, 2018
World's chocolate supply under threat from drought
By Roger | Project leader
This is the title of a report in the Telegraph about how lack of water affects everyone.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/ghana/11581902/Worlds-chocolate-supply-under-threat-from-drought-in-Ghana-and-nasty-fungus.html
Recently in the UK we had a water shortage. Due to the unexpected cold snap aka 'The Beast from the East' water pipes froze and burst several times leaving many without water for up to two weeks. It wasn't until the water went at both our Head office and several of our homes did it really hit home to us what life would be like if we awoke each day with the uncertainty of accessing water that day. Not having clean running water to drink, wash with or cook with elisits a sense of panic deep inside. Throughout the days of the UK drought shops ran out of bottled water and twitter was awash (pardon the pun) with complaints to water companies.
And this is what the people in Ghana are facing every day. Except they do not have access to shops with bottled water or have a water company forced to make it right, very very quickly. And this is why we need your help.
With your help we are supporting a village and the surrounding areas to have a sustainable source of fresh water so they can wash, eat and drink natures juice without getting ill.
Thanks for your continued support and please give generously for the love of humanity and chocolate.
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Dec 21, 2017
Thank you for helping us through the worst drought
By Roger Gilman | Trustee
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Many thanks to the loyal and generous support this project has recieved over the past year. We are so pleased to be working with TEABAG and the Rotary Club of Tooting on this wonderful project.
Here's a report from the ground in Ghana:
The borehole project is continuing as we aim to bring clean water to the small town of Mankoadze.The bore hole has been crreated and water produced allowed the college to stay open during the worst drought in living memory over this summer. The water is very clear and clean but has high salt content and so is currently not suitable for drinking. The water pruification plant is the next target. We would like to produce drinking water for the college and the community. The children of the village arre still having to fetch water from dirty ponds for drinking and cooking.
Luckliy there are now two very large water tanks in the village. One for harvetsing rainwater and the other stores water from the borehole, which is pumped from the ground during the day using solar power.
This project desperatly needs your continued support and we send our sincer thanks to all our loyal supporters. With so many charitable casues asking for help these days we thank you for remembering the long term work we are trying to achieve with underprivaledged young people in ghana. Every penny recieved goes a very long way.
Have a wonderful Christmas
Roger Gilman
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