NGO PROVIDES BOREHOLES FOR 2 COMMUNITIES (Page 20)

Story: Joe Okyere, Essuoso, near Asuansi

Pioneers-Ghana, a non-denominational missionary organisation committed to serving rural communities, has provided two boreholes valued at GH¢18,000 (¢18 million) for the Essuoso and Abuenu communities in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District to help solve the perennial water problems of the people.
The Director of Pioneer-Ghana, Mr Fred Agbossey-Dimado, in a speech, underscored the link between water, sanitation and poverty and said inadequate water supply and sanitation contributed to over 70 per cent of diseases in the country which it significant sums of money that could have been used for development.
Mr Agbossey-Dimado expressed the hope that the boreholes would help reduce diseases and the time and risk involved in searching for water.
He said the organisation had over the past years supported community projects such as water, schools and health facilities in the Upper East, Brong Ahafo, Ashanti and the Central regions and appealed to other organisations and churches to mobilise resources for such projects to reduce poverty.
He commended Beza-lal Water Company and the Roswell Community Church in Atlanta, USA, for their contribution to the projects.
The Chief of Essuoso, Nana Apaah, and the Chief of Abuenu, Nana Apotoe Dekyem, thanked Pioneers-Ghana for providing them with the boreholes to alleviate their plight.