Mpraeso (Eastern Region) 19 July '99

The Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) is to spend 19 billion cedis to sink 540 boreholes and to construct 6,000 Ventilated Improved Pits (VIP) for 270 communities in the Eastern region.

A total of 110 institutional places of convenience will also be constructed for Primary, Junior Secondary Schools and clinics.

The Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) and the government are funding the project with the beneficiary communities contributing five per cent of the cost.

Mr Emmanuel Foster Boateng, Eastern Regional Co-ordinator of the CWSA, said this when he briefed executive committee members of the Kwahu South District Assembly at Mpreaso.

He urged district assemblies to establish water and sanitation teams (DWST), each consisting of three persons with skills in community development, hygiene education, water supply and sanitation to promote and manage the programme.

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