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08.04.2015 Regional News

NGO To Help West Mamprusi District Assembly

By Muftawu Abdulai Nabila
NGO To Help West Mamprusi District Assembly
08.04.2015 LISTEN

A Non Governmental Organisation, Pumping is Life Ghana, intends to help the West Mamprusi District Assembly in the Northern Region of Ghana with about GHC 108,000.00 to improve the quality of life of people in the area.

The money will be spent on water, sanitation and gardening under a project called "Nabari Cluster of Communities Empowerment Project."

According to the Executive Director of Pumping is Life Ghana, Yussif Abdul Rahman, his organisation is alarmed by water inadequacy and unsanitary conditions in the area, and is working with the District Assembly to erase the problems facing the people.  

His organisation earmarked Nabari and Silinga as the two main communities which lack the the above basic amenities, but extended it's umbrella to cover other communities not covered by the SADA Millennium Village Project after an external donor volunteered to assist.

The Organisation, Pumping is Life Ghana, added Wulugu, Zangum, Jackisi, Kurugu and Kparipiri; thus the name of the project, "Nabari Cluster of Communities Empowerment Project."

In a telephone conversation with Muftawu Abdulai Nabila, a freelance journalist,  Mr. Yussif Abdul Rahman revealed that the project was designed in 2013 to device strategies to fixed the problems in the communities. 

"The project was designed in response to assessment needs report in May 2013 and it is expected to benefit  inhabitants in the West Mamprusi District," He said.

"Initially, we earmarked Nabari and Silinga, but we had an external donor who asked us to include other communities."

Mr. Yussif Abdul Rahman explained that the school gardening component of the project would support the School Feeding Programme.

“The project intends to contribute food ingredients to the School Feeding Program to schools in the communities.

"We have partners who will provide animation training to  people in the communities, and any moment from now, we will begin work. 

"We do not have a specific community we will start with, but for now, what we will do is tackle three communities, and work on the rest after we are done." He stated

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