Area 6 Clubs Make a Big Impact in Nigeria and Ghana
Posted by Amalia Ellis
on Apr 17, 2014
Area 6 Clubs Make a Big Impact in Nigeria and Ghana
Rotarian Peter Anderson of the Rotary Club of Morgan Hill recently spent two weeks in West Africa, specifically in Ghana and Nigeria, checking on two past World Community Service (WCS) grant projects and one on-going WCS grant project, funded in part by clubs in Area 6 of District 5170 and by The Rotary Foundation (TRF). He represented all of the clubs in Area 6 in his work, connecting with the two partner Rotary Clubs with whom we have been working over the past 5 years: Rotary Club of Accra Osu RE, District 9100 (Ghana), and Rotary Club of Gbagada South, District 9110 (Nigeria).
The six wells drilled two years ago to provide "disease-free drinking water" to underserved residents of poor neighborhoods in the large city of Lagos, Nigeria, are all functioning well, and four of them have systems set up by neighborhood leaders to collect fees for water acquired from the wells in order to pay for maintenance and repair of the equipment. Members of our partner club, Gbagada South, will be meeting with neighborhood leaders at the other two well sites to improve their sustainability measures.
The six wells drilled two years ago to provide "disease-free drinking water" to underserved residents of poor neighborhoods in the large city of Lagos, Nigeria, are all functioning well, and four of them have systems set up by neighborhood leaders to collect fees for water acquired from the wells in order to pay for maintenance and repair of the equipment. Members of our partner club, Gbagada South, will be meeting with neighborhood leaders at the other two well sites to improve their sustainability measures.
This current year's WCS TRF grant project is to provide disease-free water and improved sanitation facilities (bathrooms, washrooms and showers) to a boarding school of about 1000 students in southern Ghana. Peter traveled with members of the Accra Osu RE Rotary Club to visit the drilling of a water well on campus and to see the existing sanitation facilities. The well had just been completed to a depth adequate to provide the desired disease-free water, and building locations for the sanitation facilities were being staked out. Although the well drilling cost more than anticipated, the Accra Rotarians believe they will have enough money to compete the project with the remaining funds on hand.
Peter had been sent home by President Eric Defor of the Rotary Club of Accra Osu RE with several ceremonial, "presidential" gifts that he presented to President Jayme and to long-time project supporter Joe Pendry.
Peter had been sent home by President Eric Defor of the Rotary Club of Accra Osu RE with several ceremonial, "presidential" gifts that he presented to President Jayme and to long-time project supporter Joe Pendry.
Submitted by Peter Anderson