Category Archives: Chani

Salamatu’s Story: One Woman’s Journey to Becoming a CWS Water Entrepreneur

Posted on March 7, 2013 by

Community Water Solutions has some EXCITING NEWS…. This morning we launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo in an effort to raise funds for our expansion in Ghana! For more details, check out our beautiful new video featuring Salamatu, one of … Continue reading →

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Chicken, Chicken, Guinea Fowl

Posted on April 7, 2012 by

After a long journey up to Tamale, the fellows jumped right into orientation where they learned the nitty gritty about the global water crisis, water and disease, water interventions, and then finally about CWS! It was information packed morning with … Continue reading →

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This week in pictures

Posted on May 5, 2011 by
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Back in the Field

Posted on April 28, 2011 by

Today was my first day back in the field since I was here in January. Peter, Shak, TJ and Wahab have been doing an awesome job monitoring all of the CWS villages over the past couple of months, and I … Continue reading →

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2011 Winter Fellowship Program: The Impact

Posted on January 28, 2011 by

If you have been reading our “voices from the field” series, than you have gotten a small glimpse of the everyday work that our 2011 Winter Fellows completed during their time here in Ghana. You’ve seen how they built polytank … Continue reading →

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Session 2: Days 3 and 4

Posted on January 15, 2011 by

The Session 2 fellows started off their third day in Tamale with a great presentation by Foster Soley from unicef, who spoke about the work his organization is doing both here in Ghana and around the world. Foster is a … Continue reading →

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Voices from the field: Team 1

Posted on January 11, 2011 by

Opening Day!! Naaaaaaahhhh. Chani is a small and quiet village. The chief, supposedly 150 years old, has been sick for a few days so we had been unable to meet with him until yesterday afternoon. He gave us a short … Continue reading →

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Days 5 through 11: Village Implementations!!

Posted on January 8, 2011 by

For the next week or so, the teams all went off to implement what they had spent the last week learning.  They met with their chiefs and elders, built and assembled their treatment centers, trained the village women to run … Continue reading →

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