The 5th Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) Forum will take place in Accra, Ghana from 27 Nov 06 - 30 Nov 06. The main theme of the forum will be Scaling up Local Entrepreneurship in Rural Water Supply to meet the MDGs.
Read all you ever wanted to know about the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) and the National community Water and Sanitation Porgramme (NCWSP). This article is based on the brochure on this subject prepared by CWSA.
WaterAid is launching its new 5 year country strategy on the 10 April 2006. At this time, WaterAid will also introduce its new logo. All stakeholders with interest in attending this occasion, are invited to participate from 13.00 till 17.00, at the British Council Auditorium, Accra.
Location: On the Koforidua-Suhun road, Opp. The Catholic Pastorial Training Centre, Koforidua
GREATER ACCRA REGION
P.O. Box AH 884
Achimota-Accra
Tel: 021-518718/518753
Fax: 021-518719
Location: Off the Legon-Teteh Quashie Rd, about 1 KM drive along the standards board-Gulf HSE road, adjacent the dept of Rural Housing & Cottage Industries, Okponlo.
This story was written by Isaac Chege from the Ghanaian NGO Rural Aid. It tells about the impact of a simple water supply technology, the rope pump, in a community in the Upper East Region.
The Mole conference has been nominated for the Kyoto World Water Grand Prize. "The Mole Conference Series: A rallying Point for Civil Society Advocacy in the Water & Sanitation Sector in Ghana", has been selected as one of the thirty finalists to compete for the Prize during the 4th World Water Forum in Mexico. This article provides background information on the Mole Platform, which has proven to be a great platform for the Ghanaian Water and Sanitation sector and is now even gaining international recognition.
The Resource Centre Network (RCN) is an institutional partnership that seeks to promote Knowledge Management (KM) services within the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector in Ghana.
Following the advocacy workshop of 12/13 May 2004, a Task Force was formed, which had its first meeting on 19 May 2004. During this meeting, the Task Force members discussed and agreed on a range of outputs to be delivered during its tenure May –December, 2004 .
Over the past 16 years, the Mole conference has constituted the most important multi-stakeholder forum for discussion issues relating to the development of the Community Water and Sanitation Sector issues. This year's Mole conference has again lived up to expectation. It was organised by the Coalition of NGOs in the Water and Sanitation sector (CONIWAS) at the Miklin hotel in Kumasi from 7 till 10 June 2005. The conference brought together about 100 stakeholders within the Ghanaian Water and Sanitation Sector including donors, agency staff, NGO personnel, community groups and District Assembly staff. The theme of the Conference's was "Counting the Numbers: A Water and Sanitation Sector MDG Challenge".
ITN Africa is a network of centres of excellence, comitted to capacity building for delivery of sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene services for all and effective water governance.
