{"id":271545,"date":"2016-11-25T11:37:56","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T11:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=271545"},"modified":"2016-11-25T11:37:56","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T11:37:56","slug":"usaid-ring-combats-open-defecation-in-the-northern-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/usaid-ring-combats-open-defecation-in-the-northern-region\/","title":{"rendered":"USAID-RING combats open defecation in the Northern Region"},"content":{"rendered":"
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Resiliency in Northern Ghana (RING) has succeeded in combating open defecation in 56 communities of 17 districts in the Northern Region.<\/p>\n
Through the Water, Sanitation and Health (WASH) project,\u00a03,249 household latrines have been constructed in addition to 2,100 household and 482 institutional hand washing facilities installed in the beneficiary communities.<\/p>\n
Celebrating the project\u2019s success at the Konkomba Tuyini community in the Karaga district, the RING-WASH project Officer, Emmanuel Sungnumah Kogo commended four out of nine communities in the area for attaining open defecation free status.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n He commended residents of Konkomba Tuyini, Songnayili, Namantula and Kpambini for adopting the project to improve their health status.<\/p>\n Mr. Kogo presented certificates, eight wheelbarrows and shovels to the beneficiary communities aimed at sustaining the project.<\/p>\n He observed that the project had significantly contributed to a reduction of water and sanitation related diseases in the targeted communities.<\/p>\n