{"id":386987,"date":"2017-12-28T12:18:46","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T12:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=386987"},"modified":"2017-12-28T12:22:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T12:22:34","slug":"ngo-constructs-10-boreholes-for-communities-in-akatsi-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/ngo-constructs-10-boreholes-for-communities-in-akatsi-north\/","title":{"rendered":"NGO constructs 10 boreholes for communities in Akatsi North"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"4p0d9\" data-offset-key=\"7pjgj-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"7pjgj-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"7pjgj-0-0\">A Non-Governmental Organisation, Water for Rural Africa, has constructed 10 boreholes in a number of communities at Akatsi North in the Volta Region to provide access to clean water.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Some of the beneficiary communities include Agormor, Ave-Avevi, Kpevi, Avevoe, Atsinuve and Buvikope, among others.<\/p>\n<p>The founder of the NGO Dr Donald Senanu Agumenu, announced this when he provided a water storage facility to the Avevoe community in the Akatsi North.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;62tNxanHXFadaU0WL0lYfP1qzDWMIMGT&#8221;]Dr Agumenu said the NGO had drilled a borehole for the Avevoe community but realised the water was contaminated and decided to provide the storage facility to enable them to connect water from Agormor to serve the community.<\/p>\n<p>He said samples of the contaminated water would be sent to the laboratory to determine the cause of the problem.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Dr Agumenu, during the team\u2019s visit to the Avevoe community, an old woman asked him: \u201cmy son what sins have we committed to be denied clean water ever since I was born?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr Agumenu said he was inspired by the woman\u2019s statement to embark on the project because the Akatsi North communities were faced with serious water challenges, which he believed was a basic necessity for human survival.<\/p>\n<p>He said the communities relied on water from the stream for their cooking and drinking, which posed health concerns and called on the authorities to be proactive and give them the needed attention.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the NGO was established to champion the provision of quality water in rural Africa, adding that in three years, the organisation\u2019s vision was to drill 10,000 boreholes on the continent.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Agumenu said their outfit was poised to meet the target of the Sustainable Development Goal six &#8211; access to safe water and sanitation and sound management of freshwater ecosystems &#8211; which the NGO believed were essential to human health, environmental sustainability and economic prosperity.<\/p>\n<p>Togbe Adelakpui III, the Chief of Avevoe, Akatsi North District, expressed gratitude to the management of the organisation for assisting the community to solve its water challenges.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Chief, the community used to walk more than 10 miles to Agormor in the next village to get a stream water to drink and for other household chores, but the provision of the facility had brought relief to the community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Non-Governmental Organisation, Water for Rural Africa, has constructed 10 boreholes in a number of communities at Akatsi North in the Volta Region to provide access to clean water. 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