NGO donates boreholes, solar system to Gbulahagu

Residents of Gbulahagu, a farming community in the Tolon District in the Northern Region, have been provided with boreholes, a solar power system and a vaccine refrigerator, all at a cost of GH¢79,069. The three hand-fitted pump boreholes will provide clean and safe drinking water for the residents and also help prevent water-borne and skin diseases in the community. The solar power system and the refrigerator are also to help store vaccines at the CHIPS compound in the community, which has no electricity. The projects were funded by the Christian Children’s Fund of Canada (CCFC) and implemented by the Tahima Baptist Child Development Programme (TBCDP), a child-development oriented non-governmental organisation (NGO). Before the inauguration of the water facility, residents of the area, especially women and children, had to walk more than two kilometres to fetch water from a contaminated open dam constructed by the government in 1972 for irrigation purposes. The people had to share the water from the dam with cattle and ruminants. Speaking at the handover at Gbulahagu, Mrs Gifty Baka, the Country Director of CCFC, said her organisation decided to fund the projects to complement the efforts of the government in the provision of clean water and quality health care for the people. She expressed the hope that the water project would go a long way to help improve the health and livelihoods of the people of Gbulahagu. “I am happy that children and women will no longer walk long distances to fetch water from the contaminated open dam for drinking,” she said. Mrs Baka urged health workers at the CHIPS compound to stay in the community and provide health care for the people and gave an assurance that the CCFC would provide funding for the construction of a three-classroom block for the community.

Source: GHANAWEB