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The Northern Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in 2005 adapted the Rainwater Harvesting Technology after serious assessment of other technologies in terms of economic, technological and environmental sustainability and acceptability. This is to enable the project adequately address the perennial water crisis experienced in most rural communities in Northern Ghana.
The Project focuses on education of beneficiaries on the essence of good Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) practices to ensure improvement in the health and livelihoods of the people.
The Northern Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in 2005 adapted the Rainwater Harvesting Technology after serious assessment of other technologies in terms of economic, technological and environmental sustainability and acceptability. This is to enable the project adequately address the perennial water crisis experienced in most rural communities in Northern Ghana which led to the spread of the guineaworm disease which became endemic in some Districts.
The Project focuses on education of beneficiaries on the essence of good Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) practices to ensure improvement in the health and livelihoods of the people. Not only to improve school attendance by pupils in these communities, but to enhance the economic activity of their parents for improved educational support from the families.
A lot of emphasis is also placed on the training of local Artisans (community people) in the construction and maintenance of rainwater harvesting tanks to ensure sustainability and spread of the technology.
The coverage area of the project is currently within communities in the Northern Region of Ghana. This is mainly because, due to their guinea worm endemic nature in the past, they were prioritized for the intervention to make good drinking water available to the people to check the spread of the disease.
Our vision is to expand our services to the other regions with perenniel water problems in future.
Presby Water Project joined the Ghana WASH Alliance in 2009 in order to leverage additional funding and technical assistance to meet this dream.
Over the past 5 years, a total of 24 institutional and 200 household tanks have been constructed by the project in 7 districts of the Northern Region.
Similarly, 150 tanks have been constructed in collaboration with local partners such as Christian Children's Fund in Canada (CCFC), Technoserve and NewEnergy among others.
The significance of the introduction and promotion of rainwater harvesting in these communities cannot be over emphasised because of the visible impact it has made in the eradication of the disease from the area.