Larabanga, Ghana
Larabanga is the GoodWater Fund's pilot project.
Located in the impoverished Upper West region of Ghana, the 5,000 person farming village of Larabanga is home to one of the oldest mosques in West Africa.
In the 1980's, CIDA (the Canadian International Development Agency), along with USAID and EUAID, installed several shallow and deep wells with handpumps to provide fresh water to the subsistence farming community.
However, the pumps broke down over time; the NGO's chose not to fund any reconstruction costs and the villagers could not afford to fix the pumps even at the cost of just $1/villager.
After discovering three broken handpumps in the rural village last summer, the GoodWater team sprung into action. To date, over $9000 has been fundraised and sent to our local contractors. With the help of the Rotary Club in Montreal, we aim to complete this project by July 2008.
***MAJOR UPDATE***
GoodWater is proud to announce the successful construction of two shallow wells and two handpumps which will provide safe water to Larabanga's citizens up to 3 hours/day each.
With your generous support, we can provide fresh drinking water to 5,000 needy villagers in Ghana.
Please help make universal water access a reality.
