The Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources has organised a three-day technology competition, aimed at developing a mobile application that could help solve the country’s sanitation challenges. Dubbed, the “Sanitation Hackathon,” the competition brought together programme developers, Information Technology specialists and sanitation advocates, to come up with digital solutions on how to effectively and efficiently […]
The GAMA Sanitation and Water Project, has been awarded ‘Most Impactful Project’ at the 2018 National WASH Stewardship Awards which took place at Sogakope in the Volta Region on Thursday. The objective of the GAMA’s project is to increase access to sanitation and water to low-income urban communities in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA). […]
Cecilia Dapaah is the new Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources The Ministry for Sanitation and Water Resources in partnership with the World Bank is gearing up for this year’s Sanitation Hackathon. The Hackathon brings together IT professionals to develop a technological solution to problems within a specific timeline. This year, the Sanitation Ministry seeks […]
Shop owners, traders, trotro and taxi drivers at Mallam Junction Ecobank have praised the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA), Sanitation and Water Project for constructing a drain to curb the perennial flooding in the area. According to some traders, shop owners trotro and taxi drivers ghanamps.com caught up with during a rain storm on Monday […]
Mr Michael Dzato (3rd left), Deputy Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources interacting with Mr Jonathan Slater (left), Prize Manager of the IMC Worldwide at the workshop in Accra. Those in the picture includes Mr Mawuena Dotse (4th left), a Consultant of the Maple Consult and other officials. A nationwide deployment of sanitation brigade is […]
it is estimated that almost 50 percent of basic schools in the country do not have access to toilets and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) facilities. This situation it is said makes it difficult for girls in their menstrual period to stay in school during that time of the month. As part of activities marking […]
The section was closed to traffic on May 1, this year, to make way for the construction of a drainage. The opening of the road came as a huge relief to road users who had to endure the inconveniences caused by hectic vehicular traffic when sections of the road were blocked. At a point, the […]
Accra, June 8, GNA – The Greater Accra Metropolitan Area – Sanitation and Water Project (GAMA-SWP) has launched door-to-door community engagement programme to ensure that every landlord at Akweteyman and its environs gets toilet facility in their homes. The programme, with the overall objective of increasing access to improved sanitation and water supply with emphasis […]
When I got to the site of the Mallam Junction drainage project at about 2.30 p.m last Friday, work was progressing steadily. It was the fourth day since portions of the roads that connected Awoshie and Kwashieman to Mallam and Kasoa were closed to traffic at the Mallam Junction Interchange to make way for the […]
Engineers working on the Mallam Junction road have announced that portions of the road will be closed for a 50 day work on the 500 metre double cell culvert to reduce the perennial flooding on that stretch. The work which will begin from April 30, 2018 for major drainage work on the road has been […]
