The preliminary results of a pump test on the borehole we just drilled in Asarenkwanta show that there’s a large amount of water in the borehole. A water quality test will be carried out next to make sure it’s good for drinking.
That’s really good news for the village. Provided the water quality is good they will be able to sell some of the water to nearby villages and make some profit for themselves.
The pipe which carries water between Gyetiase and Tadiesa villages was destroyed by a contractor working on the road. Luckily, before ever this happened the villages had been saving money by selling water, so they had a small fund in hand. And last week they spent Tuesday – which is a day dedicated to communal labour – digging the trenches for new pipes.
We’ve sadly just cancelled our sponsored walk in London, scheduled for September 19. Boris’ new rule about meetings having to have less than six people was the reason.
However there are four separate sponsored walks (of under six people) being held in different parts of the country, so all is not lost.
The figures are showing the number of people who have affected by the Covid19 in Ghana since the start of the pandemic.
In Saviour Benin, the only source of drinking water was a shallow polluted stream. Then Izzy generously funded a borehole, which we tried to drill a few weeks ago, but the drill rig got stuck in the mud. The weather let up for a while recently, and we had another try. It took all day but finally, just before midnight, we hit water. The community is ecstatic.
The photos show a brand new delivery bed which one of our Directors (in fact, David Rees himself) has just funded for the David Rees clinic at Ankamadua. According to Madam Mercy, the midwife in charge of the clinic, it will make deliveries much easier and there will be fewer complications. Madam Mercy is full of praise and thanks for David.
Ashanti Development has been given a share of a stall in Camden Market. It’s located in the new Bucks Market – down a corridor to the left of the photo with Bucks Market written up.
Martha Boadu, who’s running the stall, is Ashanti Development’s founder. She’d love it if you could drop in for a chat but best check with us which days she’ll be there before going.
We just had two very successful drillings at the villages of Aframano and Asarenkwanta, and then disaster struck! We were trying to drill a third borehole at Saviour Benin in Sekyere Central District, but the drill got stuck in the mud and the attempt was abandoned. We won’t get another try until October/November when the rains stop.
Asarenkwanta:
Aframano:
Saviour Benin:
Nyinampong is lucky enough to have found a donor to ‘mechanise’ its borehole The water will be pumped up by electricity into overhead tanks, and then it can be accessed by simply turning on a tap. The photos show the overhead platforms which the tanks will sit on. There’s a road down the middle of the village, so there will be fetching points either side of it. No need for anyone cross the road.
The photo shows the school we’ve just built for the little farming village of Esereso and the homemade structure that served as a school before.
When the Chief first learned that we were offering to build a school, he made a long speech. He said that now he wished he was a child again. His generation were living in poverty because they never went to school. Things would be so much better for today’s children, he said. The assemblyman wept.
The school will accommodate 120 children who are not yet old enough to walk the 6km to school at Kwamang, and 6km back. Without it, young children are already far behind with their school work before they apply to Kwamang, and the school there will not accept them.
