PUMP-FITTED WELLS FOR THREE TAIN COMMUNITIES (PAGE 20)

Three wells fitted with pumps have been drilled for three remote and deprived communities in the Tain District of the Brong Ahafo Region.
The communities are Tabor, Kamancheli and Mekoda.
Before the project, the beneficiary communities had to walk long distances in search of water which was not even wholesome for consumption.
The projects which costs over $24,000 were financed jointly by Roswell and Living Way Community Churches in Atlanta and Los Angeles, respectively in the United States of America (USA), with the support from the Brute Labs team, also of the USA, through the instrumentality of  the Ghana branch of Pioneers-Africa, a religious organisation.
Inaugurating the facilities at Tabor, the National Director of Pioneers-Ghana, Mr Fred Agbossey-Dimako, said the provision of clean and safe water was critical for reducing child mortality and improving maternal health.
He said it also contributed to fighting poverty and hunger, and ensured a healthy community that could engage in productive agricultural activities.
Mr Agbossey-Dimako said the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs), which provided a policy framework for development initiatives such as the provision of potable water would end in 2015.
“I doubt if we are any where near the future that we seek for our people. The fact, however, cannot be lost on us that the scale and complexity of the challenge requires a partnership approach, “ he said.
Mr Agbossey-Dimako said it was also important for people to realise that they were responsible for the health of one another.
The director gave the assurance that his organisation would continue to serve in the Tain District, which he described as “remote”,and other deprived communities in the country.
He paid tribute to one Mr Joshua To of Pioneers-Africa for his immense contribution towards the provision of the facilities.
He announced that his organisation had established a health centre at Banda Ahenkro, and had rehabilitated the old Banda Agricultural school blocks which were being used as the Bandaman Senior High School. The organisation periodically organises free medical outreach programmes in the community.
Mr Agbossey-Dimako said his organisation was constructing wells in some deprived areas in the Upper West and Central regions, and urged the beneficiary people to take very good care of the facilities in order to prolong their life span.
Mr Reuel Kim, the leader of the team from the USA who participated in the inaugural ceremony, said the group was inspired by God to assist the deprived people with a potable water  system, and that it was the beginning of other things to come.
He invoked God’s blessings on the people and urged them to renew their faith in the Almighty whom he described as the giver of everything, including water. Quoting from the Bible, Mr Kim recalled the journey of the Israelites from Egypt to the Promised Land and how they were provided with water mysteriously through Moses.