- 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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Category Archives: Galinzegu
Ramadan: Fasting All Day Means Every Drop of Clean Water Counts
Today marks the 14th day of Ramadan. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar where Muslims fast from dawn until sunset, going without food or water for 30 days. The only people who do not fast are nursing … Continue reading
Posted in Cheko, Galinzegu, Gidanturu, Jabayilli, Jagberin, Kadula, Kpalguni, Monitoring, Yapalsi
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Countdown!
The countdown until the start of the 2011 Summer Fellowship Program is officially in single digits! The Fellowship Leaders arrive in Tamale on Sunday and the Fellows are just a few days behind them. We can’t wait! This week I … Continue reading
Posted in Alipe, Challenges, Chongashe, Fellowship Program, Galinzegu, Gbong, Kampong, Mile 40, Monitoring, Nyanguripe
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Session 2: Days 3 and 4
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
Posted in Chani, Fellowship Program, Galinzegu, Kpallabisi, Nyamaliga, Nyanguripe, Yipela, Zanzugu
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Gilanzegu
The day after opening day in Kampong, we opened another water treatment business in the neighboring village of Gilanzegu. Like Kampong, we learned about Galinzegu’s need for safe drinking water from unicef who thought that the CWS model would work … Continue reading
Posted in Galinzegu, Implementation, Opening Day
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Scaling-Up
Community Water Solutions implemented our first water business in June 2008 in the village of Kasaligu in the Northern Region of Ghana. 7 months later, in January of 2009, we opened our second water business in Nyamaliga. 9 months later, … Continue reading
Posted in Galinzegu, Implementation, Kampong, Nyanguripe, Thank you!
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