By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH The Ghana WASH Journalists Network (GWJN) formerly known as Ghana Watsan Journalists Network a voluntary not-for-profit organization comprising Ghanaian journalists who are interested in using their professional skills to promote high-quality standards in the country’s water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector has revealed that the water situation on the ground does not support data […]
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World Water Day: Water scarcity lingers in communities in Ghana
Report by: Ishmael Barfi As the world prepares to celebrate World Water Day on Tuesday, 22nd March, 2022, Ghana WASH Journalists Network (GWJN) has visited some water bodies to ascertain the state of these water bodies as well as the accessibility of water in local communities. This year’s World Water Day is under the theme: […]
WORLD WATER DAY: Water Resources Commission to train underground water users
The Water Resources Commission (WRC) has expressed concern about the use of underground water by packaged water producers who operate without regulations from the Commission. Mr Francis Acquah-Swanzy, Officer of the Commission, told the media that many underground water users did not have licenses or geologists to guide their operations. the official said this during […]
Mole XXXII participants urge Ghana to plan ahead to preempt future emergencies
Some participants at the Mole XXXII conference have urged the government of Ghana and its partners in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector to make planning an active part of their mandates to preempt future emergencies. Speaking at the opening of the 2021 Mole Conference at Ejisu, near Kumasi Tuesday, Pierre Frank Laporte, the […]
Motor Court convicts driver of water pollution
The Sanitation and Motor Court in La convicted a driver of a waste management company, of pollution Tuesday. The court found Nuru Musah, driver of a cesspit emptier truck, guilty for dislodging faecal sludge into the Odaw River. The court imposed a fine of GHc2,400 on Musah, an employee of A & D Waste Company, […]
WASH sector critical to Ghana’s socio-economic development: Dapaah
The Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector is critical to the socio-economic development of Ghana, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, said Tuesday. In her keynote address during the opening of the 2021 Mole Conference (Mole XXXII) being held at Ejisu, near Kumasi, Dapaah said the government remained committed to the […]
Marine plastic waste solutions to cost Ghana 4.3 bln USD World Bank
by Justice Lee Adoboe Ghana must spend at least 4.5 billion U.S. dollars to eradicate plastic waste pollution in its oceans according to the Word Bank. In a synopsis at an online roundtable discussion on unlocking the economy of the plastic sector in Ghana Thursday, the World Bank estimated that the country would need 1.3 […]
Mole XXXII opens in Ashanti region
The annual conference of stakeholders in Ghana’s Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector opened early Tuesday in the Ashanti region. The 32nd edition of the conference, Mole XXXII, is being held at the Anita Hotel at Ejisu, near kumasi under the theme: “Repositioning the WASH sector for Emergency Response and Sustainable Development.” The five-day conference, […]
WAG urges Ghana to make WASH crucial in public health issue
WAG urges Ghana to make WASH crucial in public health issue WaterAid Ghana (WAG) said strengthening the resilience of future pandemics and health threats would not be possible, especially for vulnerable communities, without addressing WASH as a crucial ingredient in public health. The organization, therefore, urged the government of Ghana to commit to urgently increasing […]
Ghana must prioritize resource allocation to deepen handwashing culture beyond COVID-19 : stakeholders urge
Ghana needs to prioritise the allocation of resources in Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector to deepen handwashing culture in the country beyond COVID-19 prevention, some stakeholders have urged. The Coalition of NGOs in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS) and global charity WaterAid said in separate statements to mark the Global Handwashing Day that the authorities […]