Ghana Wash 2024 means to provide water and sanitation facilities to health institutions, a vocational training school and communities in Ghana's Bono, Ahafo and Ashanti regions. The provided deliverables include the provision of 10-seater water closet toilet facility and two mechanized borehole water system at Abonsrakrom and Abesim in the Bono region, a 4-seater water closet toilet facility and a one mechanized borehole water system at Nfrekrom Clinic in the Ahafo region, a 10-seater toilet facility and one mechanized borehole water system at Essase and a 4-seater toilet facility and one mechanized borehole water system at Duaponko Clinic both in Ashanti Region. All the beneficiaries will receive training on maintenance and set up WATSAN Committees in the facilities where appropriate.
For Abosankrom, the facilities are not just a necessity but a lifeline to support the operations of the vocational school built through a previous global grant. The school has no access to a toilet facility and water for hygiene purposes. Other schools on the compound have the same problem. At Nfrekrom, a Rotary district grant provided the conversion of a 40-foot container into a clinic. The facility lacks access to sanitation and a regular water supply to enhance the clinic's operations and ease the clients' inconveniences. Esaase and Duaponko clinics face similar problems due to poor access to water and sanitation facilities. This project will address all these challenges and significantly improve sanitation, hygiene, and access to water at the beneficiary clinics, thereby positively and profoundly transforming the lives of these communities.
The Rotary Club of Sunyani Central has extensive experience successfully implementing similar projects. Thus, it has built up the capacity to collect and process the data required for reporting in conjunction with the WATSAN Committees that the Rotary Club of Sunyani Central will set up and manage the beneficiary clinic.
This grant's host and international sponsor are actively involved in the project. The host and international sponsor, Peter Labelle, who visits Ghana regularly with others, conducted the needs assessment jointly. The host will receive and manage the grant funds per TRF guidelines and terms and conditions. The host will also solicit and evaluate bids and recommend joint consideration by both sponsors when selecting contractors and suppliers for each site. The host will regularly visit project sites to monitor work progress and report to international sponsors. The grant sponsors will write and review the progress and final grant report together and share all relevant project documents through a Dropbox folder created for this project.
The sponsors have signed the TRF MoU and agree to the terms and conditions specified in the MOU. Additionally, the sponsor will have a WhatsApp group page as part of measures to facilitate communication and information sharing for joint decision-making. A Dropbox has also been created to share relevant project documents. Challenges will be discussed, and recommended measures will be implemented fully and reported. Focal persons for all the beneficiary clinics and communities will actively participate in all discussions and implementation of the project activities.
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