A February 2025 updated: We really appreciate your support of $10,000 iin DDF from District 7570. It made a huge difference. We drilled 60 new boreholes in various communities within the Kumasi Metropolitan, Obuasi Municipal, Obuasi East, Dunkwa, and Akrofuom Districts Assemblies.  We built 566 household microflush toilets.  We have additionally empowered 58 individuals through small business and farm loans. We partnered with communities and four district assembly WASH departments to get this job done.  The work has been done in 60 communities. The impacted lives are in Ashanti and Central Regions of Ghana.  Twelve of the new boreholes have electric pumps.  The remaining boreholes have hand pumps.  We trained over 480 people on how to manage their community water systems in their WATSAN Committees.  We have empowered communities and district assemblies to contribute toward solving their own problems.  We impacted 59,028 lives. We have also completed a 12-unit school toilet block at Kumasi Anglican School to serve the students.

Read more below on the project outline and goals: Global Grant 24-60049, Water and Sanitation with Economic Impact in Ghana will drill 36 new wells including 8 small-town water systems and build 376 composting Microflush toilets for communities. We will administer micro-credit loans for wells and household toilets. 20 farmers and small businesses shall receive lending support to boost their business.  This will improve the economic strength of our communities. The budget is $190,000.  This project is jointly hosted by Rotary Clubs of Obuasi and Kumasi in District 9104 in Ghana. The lead Rotary Club is Obuasi. Our team will impact 37,994 lives.  This project exceeds our goal of impacting one million lives cumulatively including previous projects. Your Rotary Club funds are matched by Rotarians in 18 US States, 30 Rotary Districts, 3 Canadian Provinces and Ghana.  Past President Abdul Mumin Tahir from Rotary Club of Obuasi is the primary contact for this project.  This partnership will also strengthen relations between Rotarians across the world.