Access to drinking water is a major daily challenge in the Upper East region of Ghana. Especially for displaced people from Burkina Faso in Ghana and the communities that host them.

Lately, Ghana has become a haven for livestock herders in a context of deteriorating security and uncertainty in neighbouring countries. To escape the insecurity, several hundred Burkinabè have been forced to leave their regions and settle in border communities. However, with a growing population in the region, the shortage of drinking water is becoming increasingly acute in the Upper East.

The SAPSOC – Supporting Agropastroralism to Reinforcer social cohesion in the crossborder territories – focuses among other things on issues of competition over natural resources. The project aims to improving access to water in order to raise living standards. It would also preserve cohesion between displaced and host populations.

SOLAR-POWERED BOREHOLES TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER

On 22 March 2024, our Ghanaian partner CLIP (Changing Lives in Innovative Partnerships) inaugurated the creation of several solar-powered boreholes in three host communities in the Upper East. Funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, the SAPSOC 3 project operates in Ghana and Burkina Faso.

These boreholes will improve access to drinking water in the Upper East.
These boreholes will improve access to drinking water in the Upper East.
These boreholes will improve access to drinking water in the Upper East.
These boreholes will improve access to drinking water in the Upper East.
These boreholes will improve access to drinking water in the Upper East.
These boreholes will improve access to drinking water in the Upper East.
These boreholes will improve access to drinking water in the Upper East.
These boreholes will improve access to drinking water in the Upper East.
These boreholes will improve access to drinking water in the Upper East.
These boreholes will improve access to drinking water in the Upper East.
These boreholes will improve access to drinking water in the Upper East.
These boreholes will improve access to drinking water in the Upper East.
These boreholes will improve access to drinking water for the communities concerned in the Upper East.
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