Residents of Kpedze-Anoe and surrounding communities in the Volta Region were thrown in to jubilation when after 15 years of struggle. Growth Aid, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), in partnership with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, provided them with potable water through a modern small town water system.
The new water system replaced the slow sand filtration water system built by DANIDA in 1986, which had outlived its usefulness and left the communities without reliable clean and safe source of water over the years.
The modern water system, which has the capacity for expansion in the future, will serve a population of 4,500 people.
Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the facility, the Ho West District Chief (DCE), Mr Francis Proffer Dusey, said lack of access to clean and safe water was one of the major development challenges confronting the people in the area.
Mr Dusey revealed that the Assembly had started drilling 15 boreholes and would mechanise 10 out of the number, and commended Growth Aid and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for the provision of the new water system, which he stressed would definitely address the water needs of the people.
He called on other NGOs to visit the Ho West District and provide more safe water facilities for the people to enable communities without potable water to have access to water, saying another NGO is in the district was providing 22 boreholes for some communities in the area.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Founder of Growth Aid, Dr Joe Lambongang, indicated that the small town water system had opened a new chapter in the history of the people of Kpedze-Anoe and the surrounding communities, which he said was in fulfilment of the Sustainable Development Goal six (SDG-6).
Dr Lambongang stated that the successful completion of the Kpedze-Anoe water system led to the connection of water to 30 households in the town as many were yet to be connected, and brought to 49 the total number of water systems provided for the Volta Region.
According to him, Growth Aid with assistance from their partner, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, provided 3,000 people in the Eastern and the Ashanti Regions with safe water, and noted that water management committees were trained to manage the water systems.
Moreover, Dr Lambongang explained that the water committee members were trained not only to manage the day-to-day activities but also had the capacity to expand the water facility when necessary, adding that they were paid to render professional services to the beneficiary communities.
The Area Sovereignty of the Church of Latter Day Saints, Mr Ignatius K. Baidoo, said the partnership with the Growth Aid was in fulfilment of love and support for the needy, and was also in line with the teachings of the Church.
The Assembly Member for Kpedze -Sreme –Anoe Electoral Area, Alhaji Akao Minkaila, said the new water system would prevent the situation where residents spent hours in search of water in available streams, some of which dried up during the dry season.
FROM SAMUEL AGBEWODE, KPEDZE-ANOE
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