Clean Team Ghana Ltd nominated for GUBA Awards

Clean Team Ghana is announced as one of the finalists in the Business and Enterprise (Sustainable Business Award) category, of the 4th annual Ghana UK Based Achievement (GUBA) Awards 2013. GUBA unveiled all nominees at its press launch at the House of Commons, 5th September, presided by MP Diane Abbott.

GUBA is a non-profit awards event, which celebrates exceptional achievement, talent and ability in the British Ghanaian community and, also, of valuable services provided to Ghanaians in the UK or Ghana.

As well as proudly celebrating its rich culture and traditions, GUBA also provides a platform that showcases successes from within the Ghanaian Diaspora across the fields of business and commerce, health, sport and entertainment.

GUBA 2013 nominees include scene stealers like music artists Tinchy Stryder and Sway and Kanya King, the founder and CEO of Music of Black Origin (MOBO) awards.

Andy Narracott, CEO of Clean Team Ghana said 'We are very excited that our work has been recognised and for being nominated alongside such inspiring companies. Our aim is to offer a convenient and affordable sanitation solution to the urban poor. Our customers received a branded, portable toilet when they sign up to a monthly payment plan. Our staff collect the waste on average 3 times a week and dispose of it safely, where it can be converted into valuable resources such as fertilizer and energy. We recognise that safe and adequate sanitation is vital to a healthy society but also believe people should be given the opportunity to improve their own lives as customers, rather than as the beneficiaries of charity'.

'Starting from a small pilot of 20 families in 2011, we are currently serving over 400 families in Kumasi, Ghana, with the aim of serving over 10,000 by 2015. We have been able to achieve this with the help of our generous funders and our dedicated and committed staff who work hard to deliver an unrivalled service. We are also set on redefining the social stigma of the night soil collector. Our resource collectors exemplify that Clean Team services can be an honourable job and a service to one's community.'

'We draw our greatest motivation from the joy and the satisfaction of the various families we serve. Our service focuses on helping people to provide for their loved ones, not simply themselves. We believe that with a safe, accessible, reliable and affordable sanitation, life is better. Our mission is to make sanitation easy and affordable, helping the millions of people across the world without a safe and dignified place to go.'

To vote for Clean Team Ghana, please visit http://www.gubaawards.co.uk/sustainable-business/