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Updates, sessions and stories from across Ghana's WASH sector.
More support for taxes on packaged water in Ghana
Stakeholders in the Water and Sanitation sectors on Friday expressed support for the proposed 20 percent tax on packaged water At a workshop to discuss government’s budgetary allocation for the sector, participants agreed that…
14 Aug 2009
20th MOLE conference takes place in Ho
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…
13 Jul 2009
1.5% of annual budget should be dedicated to Water and Sanitation issues - NGO
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,…
06 May 2009
Where does your plastic trash go after you’ve disposed of it?
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…
04 Nov 2008
What is the Tripartite Partnership (TPP) Project?
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…
02 Oct 2008
Intensify Education on Child Faeces Disposal
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…
01 Oct 2008
Flagbearers on Environmental Sanitation (FOES)
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…
25 Sep 2008
KNUST/ IRC Launches WASHCost Project Ghana, By Abu Wumbei - RCN Secretariat
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…
01 Sep 2008
CONIWAS Press Conference On Sanitation, By Abu Wumbei - RCN Secretariat
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…
13 Aug 2008