- 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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- #CWS water bottles all packed and ready to be shipped to our amazing #indiegogo donors! #cleanwater... fb.me/2gSKUFG2E 1 day ago
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Category Archives: Tacpuli
The Seasons They are a-Changin’
First week back in Tamale and Hamatan is in full swing! Hamatan is when a dry-dust wind blows in from the Sahara. This happens from late November until mid-March all over West Africa. This Saharan wind engulfs the city of … Continue reading
Posted in Buja, Gbong, Libi, Monitoring, Tacpuli, Tidan
Tagged africa, clean water, Ghana, hamattan, social enterprise
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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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Back to Tamale and it feels so good!
After two weeks of training and saying farewell to some pretty awesome fellows, I have officially started as Ghana Country Director. It feels so good to be back with CWS! With the 6 newly implemented villages, CWS now has 38 … Continue reading
Posted in Cheko, Gbong, Monitoring, Nyamaliga, Tacpuli, The CWS Team, Wambong, Zanzugu Yipela
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Updates from the Field: Rainy Season Has Begun!
The rainy season has begun here in Northern Ghana! This means a lot of things for village life: Farming! Villager’s days, (storms permitting), are comparatively busier than during the dry season. Shea Butter! Shea nuts were collected and dried before … Continue reading
Posted in Kushini, Monitoring, Nyamaliga, Tacpuli, Zanzugu Yipela
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Updates from the Field: Kpalbusi, Tacpuli and a New CWS Web Tool!
This week, CWS staff had the chance to spend some quality time in villages new and old. In Kpalbusi, we checked in on the village’s Fulani community. The Fulani are a group of people with a really different lifestyle than … Continue reading
Posted in Kpallabisi, Monitoring, Tacpuli
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Voices from the Field: The Salaminga Snails!
Hey there from the Salaminga Snails! You might be wondering how we got our name. Salaninga is the local word for “foreigner/white person” and then snails because we make everyone look so slow! Our trip to Ghana has been great … Continue reading
Posted in Fellowship Program, Implementation, Tacpuli
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