Stakeholders within the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Sector on Friday agreed that government needs to increase annual budget for the sector since it is the pivot of all development programmes.
Mr Rudolf Amenga-Etego, Executive Director of GrassRoots Africa, a non governmental organization that advocates for improved water and sanitation services especially in rural areas, suggested that 1.5 percent of government’s annual budget should be dedicated to improving Water, Sanitation and Hygiene services Speaking at a day’s workshop to discuss Government’s budgetary allocation for Water and Sanitation issues, he said about 1.4 billion people will require improved sanitation services in Africa to facilitate the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal on water and sanitation.
The twentieth edition of the Mole Conference series took place in the Volta Regional Capital of Ghana, Ho, from July 14-18, 2009. This year’s conference was under the theme, “ 20 years of multi-stakeholder dialogue in Ghana: The State of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Sector”.
Don’t you ever want to know what happens after – say, you’ve thrown away the black plastic bag – the one given to you as a carrier bag for the 50 pesewa bread you bought yesterday? Oh, the bread itself was packaged in a whitish plastic bag in the first place before the whole thing was repackaged in the black plastic! I am curious. I want to know. I so desperately want to track the life cycle of all the light-weight harmless-looking little plastic bags gifted to me for just about every little thing I buy.
The Tripartite Partnership (TPP) Project is a three-year collaborative approach involving Ghanaian and Dutch partners that aims at developing innovative management models for delivering water suply services to the urban poor in Ghana.
Flag bearer on Environmental Sanitation (FOES) was a special seminar series organised by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) for presidential candidates of the political parties contesting the December 7 general election.
There is the need to intensify education on safe disposal of child’s faeces in Ghana. This is because a recent report from the Ghana Statistical Service, the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS 2006) indicates that only about 43% of nursing parents in Ghana dispose their child’s faeces safely.
Following the pre-launch in June, 2008, the WASHCost project Ghana will be formally launched by Hon. Alhaji Abubakari Saddique Boniface, the Minister for Water Resource Works and Housing on Tuesday, September 9th 2008 at Erata Hotel, East Legon - Accra, Ghana.
CONIWAS met the press at the International Press Centre in Accra on Wednesday, 6th August, 2008 to share with them the opinion of the wider stakeholder group at this year’s Mole XIX conference. Mole Conference is an annual event organized by CONIWAS for stakeholders in the Water and Sanitation Sector to deliberate on issues of concern, share knowledge and look at the way forward. This year’s event took place in Koforidua from the 8th - 12th of July 2008. The theme for this year’s conference was: “Reaching the MDGs for Sanitation: Options to Expand and Accelerate Coverage”.
The reconstitution of the Resource Centre Network (RCN), an initiative to promote and strengthen information and knowledge management services within the water and sanitation sector in Ghana, was announced at this year’s Mole XIX conference.
The 14th conference of training network for water and waste management (ITN African) will take place Hotel Palm Beach, Ouagadougou, 19th- 22nd November, 2007. The theme for this year's conference: Achieving the WASH Millennium Development Goals in Africa through Decentralisation.
The seventeenth Mole Conference this year has again been successful. The theme of this year’s conference was on the “Challenges to Delivery of Water and Sanitation Services for the Poor”. In order to achieve the theme of the conference, participants and stakeholders agreed on: Prioritisation of sanitation at all levels; promoting better targeting of the ‘poor’; exploring innovative sector funding options; involving citizens for greater accountability; national reorientation on 5% capital contribution; accelerating guinea-worm eradication; ensuring efficient utilisation of water boards funds; and facilitating increase in government funding to sector…………….
The Community Water and Sanitation Agency held its 2005 Annual Review Conference from Monday, 3rd to Friday 7th April 2006 at the Busua Beach Resort in the Western Region. This year’s annual conference was under the theme, “Adopting a Sector Wide Approach (SWAp) as a means to Accelerate Water and Sanitation Delivery for Improved Health and Productivity”.
The Works and Housing Minister, Hackman Owusu-Agyemang has asked that the 5% community contribution made by small commnuities should be waived. The Minister disagrees on the notion of commitment through payment. There are claims that some communities cannot afford to make their contributions which makes it difficult for them to have access to portable water.
The Works and Housing Minister, Hackman Owusu-Agyemang has asked that the 5% community contribution made by small commnuities should be waived. The Minister disagrees on the notion of commitment through payment. There are claims that some communities cannot afford to make their contributions which makes it difficult for them to have access to portable water.
The 5th Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) Forum will take place in Accra, Ghana from 27 Nov 06 - 30 Nov 06. The main theme of the forum will be Scaling up Local Entrepreneurship in Rural Water Supply to meet the MDGs.
Read all you ever wanted to know about the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) and the National community Water and Sanitation Porgramme (NCWSP). This article is based on the brochure on this subject prepared by CWSA.
WaterAid is launching its new 5 year country strategy on the 10 April 2006. At this time, WaterAid will also introduce its new logo. All stakeholders with interest in attending this occasion, are invited to participate from 13.00 till 17.00, at the British Council Auditorium, Accra.
Location: On the Koforidua-Suhun road, Opp. The Catholic Pastorial Training Centre, Koforidua
GREATER ACCRA REGION
P.O. Box AH 884
Achimota-Accra
Tel: 021-518718/518753
Fax: 021-518719
Location: Off the Legon-Teteh Quashie Rd, about 1 KM drive along the standards board-Gulf HSE road, adjacent the dept of Rural Housing & Cottage Industries, Okponlo.
This story was written by Isaac Chege from the Ghanaian NGO Rural Aid. It tells about the impact of a simple water supply technology, the rope pump, in a community in the Upper East Region.
The Mole conference has been nominated for the Kyoto World Water Grand Prize. "The Mole Conference Series: A rallying Point for Civil Society Advocacy in the Water & Sanitation Sector in Ghana", has been selected as one of the thirty finalists to compete for the Prize during the 4th World Water Forum in Mexico. This article provides background information on the Mole Platform, which has proven to be a great platform for the Ghanaian Water and Sanitation sector and is now even gaining international recognition.
