- 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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- FaceTime meeting to put our summer fellows into teams! One month until the Summer program and we pumped! fb.me/2GmepcGgU 1 day ago
- #CWS water bottles all packed and ready to be shipped to our amazing #indiegogo donors! #cleanwater... fb.me/2gSKUFG2E 2 days ago
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Category Archives: Sakpalua
To Be a Woman is Not Easy
When I was grocery shopping in Tamale a few weeks ago, I came across a woman selling bread at a food stand with a banner written across the top that read, “To be a woman is not easy”. Almost all … Continue reading
Posted in Buja, Kpaniyili, Libi, Manguli, Monitoring, Sakpalua, Tacpuli
Tagged africa, African Women, clean water, Farming, Ghana, global water crisis, Harvest, Social Entreprenuers, Women
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A Week of Monitoring
I have officially been in Tamale for a week now, and what a week it has been! After spending a few days getting the office all ready for the Summer Fellows, I headed out to the field to help Shak, … Continue reading
Posted in Buja, Fellowship Program, Gbong, Kadula, Kagburashe, Kpachiyili, Kpalung, Kpaniyili, Kurugu Vohoyiai, Laligu, Libi, Monitoring, Sakpalua, Yapalsi
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480 more people have clean drinking water this month!
Just Tuesday all of our Spring Fellows returned safe and sound to the U.S. from an impactful month in Ghana! With our first Spring Fellowship complete we were able to bring clean drinking water to 480 more people for the … Continue reading
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Success in Sakpalua
We arrived to our village around 9 am on opening day. Not many of the villagers were near the center when we first got there, but after the sight of our truck they began to show up in large numbers … Continue reading
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Finally! A Word from our Spring Fellows!
Antire from Tamale to our beloved family and friends and our dedicated blog followers! We are all having an amazing time; thus far, the experience has definitely been one that we will always remember. Three days ago, we set foot … Continue reading
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