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“Dollars For Water”
The Ghana Sigmas
of
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. Borehole Project
WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?
Sigma Mu Sigma (Ghana Sigmas) Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity is partnered with TEAM CSR, a registered nonprofit or Non Governmental Organization (NGO) in Ghana in good standing, for the construction of Boreholes to respond to the lack of clean water and related health issues in remote areas of Ghana, West Africa.
Each borehole will literally bring “new life” into these local communities where villagers must often walk miles in each direction, before they get to the first clean water source.
At a cost of $4,000 USD per borehole, the chapter is seeking to build more boreholes in additional communities by offering sponsorship opportunities for other Sigma chapters, D9 contributors, corporations, and individuals across our country to “Adopt a Village” through a $500 matching funds donation that would be pooled in order to meet our goal.
WHO AND WHERE WE SERVE
We focus on villages approximately 3 hours drive outside the capital of Accra, in communities located in the Eastern Region. These townships on average have over 500 people, surrounded by other smaller townships. The people in these small communities are mostly farmers and fishery workers at the nearby Lake Volta. Many of the town’s inhabitants fetch water from nearby rivers and streams that are tributaries of Lake Volta. These streams are heavily polluted with industrial waste as well as contaminants.
To access clean water, the residents make the 7km walk to Akwamufie and other areas with pipe water. The journey to these points hinder the children from attending classes on time and doing their homework. By default, it also forces many in the community to fetch their water from the contaminated streams causing waterborne diseases, such as cholera, diarrhea, typhoid fever, etc.
The major concern however, is the lack of potable drinking water for these communities which has prompted an overflow of patients at the local clinic for illnesses such as cholera and diarrhea which can be fatal to children.
Sigma Mu Sigma is determined to interrupt this dangerous cycle by implementing options that benefit and empower these communities for a lifetime.