Jeikrodua Zongo, Ghana
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Jeikrodua Zongo, Ghana
LOCATION
Jeikrodua Zongo, Ghana
GPS
Latitude 5.55 Longitude -0.2
PEOPLE SERVED
1500
TYPE OF WATER SOURCE
Hand Pump Well
Community & People
Project Description
Jeikodua Zongo is a big settlement of peasant farmers tucked in the Greater Accra Region. There are schools, churches, and a clinic in the community to serve the people. The people are mainly farmers of maize, cassava, and other food crops and cereals. Their houses are built of mud and roofed with grass, though some have zinc sheet roofs.
When the team arrived, community members were utilizing an unprotected stream nearby. A new well was constructed in the village, and it was provided with a new Nira pump to dispense the water.
21.2% without access to an improved water source
87.5% without adequate sanitation services
Human Development Rank:
135 out of 187
Messages From The People
“This is the best gift we have received and we are very grateful. This brought about a lot of joy in our people. Thank you for helping us to solve this problem.”
-Osumanu Moro, youth leader of the community
Community
Information
Population: 24.6 Million
Community & People
Ghana is one of the most densely populated countries in the African content, and although 80% of Ghana’s population has access to clean water, this statistic masks the extreme inequality bewteen rural and urban areas. In rural areas, more than a third of Ghanian people don’t have access to clean water, and nearly 90% do not have access to sanitation.
Ghana’s government has prioritized reducing poverty and increasing water and sanitation access, but it has proven difficult to move from national-level initiatives to local-level implementation, which means that the inequality in rural areas continues.
Generosity Water is helping to overcome these challenges, and out of the 18 countries our organization has worked in, Ghana is hoe to the most Generosity Water projects - with a total of 144 wells build to bring clean drinking water to over 100,000 people.