- Community Water Solutions empowers women to launch sustainable water businesses. How do we do it? We don't drill wells! Instead, we bring students and young professionals from around the world to West Africa, where they build water treatment centers and train local women to run them. These businesses provide safe drinking water to the entire community, generate income for the women entrepreneurs who run them, and use local products. To date, CWS has launched 49 water businesses in Ghana that provide clean water to almost 30,000 people. 100% of our businesses are still in operation today.
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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Fun In Mole!
Last weekend Lisa (my roommate), Maria (her boss), Shak (good friend and former Pure Home Water employee) and I went to Mole National Park for a fun Ghananian adventure. Even though the rainy season is not the best time to … Continue reading
Posted in The CWS Team
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A Busy Week!
Peter and I have been very busy getting things set up in Jarigu this week. Here are some pictures from the past 7 days! Monday and Tuesday: Building the polytank stand One of the first steps in setting up a … Continue reading
Posted in Implementation, Jarigu, Kasaligu, Opening Day
Tagged alum, aquatabs, chlorine, Community Water Solutions, Ghana, Jarigu, social entrepreneurship, Tamale, Volunteer Shredding, water treatment
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Welcome to the CWS Family Jarigu!
After two weeks of visiting many rural villages in Northern Region Ghana, we have selected Jarigu to be the next site for a CWS water treatment business. Not only does Jarigu meet all of the CWS village criteria (the only … Continue reading
Safe Storage Containers
I spent the beginning of this week in Accra, the capital of Ghana, meeting with The Melcom Group, the company that manufactures the buckets that CWS has been using for our safe storage containers. Safe storage is a key component … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Implementation
Tagged aquatabs, chlorine, Community Water Solutions, Ghana, safe storage containers, Tamale, water treatment
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Potential New Villages
For the past week and half Peter and I have been using the mornings to check out potential villages to work with. We’ve been to 13 villages so far and are going to see at least one more early next … Continue reading
Posted in Implementation
Tagged community, Ghana, social entrepreneurship, Tamale, water treatment
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