- 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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Tag Archives: Tamale
Early Rains in Tamale
The rains have come early in Tamale this year. In the Northern Region of Ghana, the dry season usually lasts from October until June and the rainy season usually lasts from June until September. But this year that has not … Continue reading
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Tagged Ghana, Tamale, water treatment, villages, Climate Change, Global warming, Rain, weather patterns, public health
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Reaching the CWS 5-Year Mark
Being in Ghana for 10 months now, I have had the chance to see other water NGOs in action. While I have seen some other NGOs doing great work, I have also seen broken borehole pumps and broken or inefficient … Continue reading
Posted in Monitoring
Tagged business, clean water, Entrepreneurship, Ghana, Monitoring, sustainability, Tamale
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Ghana Celebrates 56th Year of Independence
Today Tamale celebrates Ghana’s 56th year of Independence. On March 6, 1957, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first Prime Minister and President, declared that Ghana would be “free forever” after over 500 years of colonial imperialism. Ghana became the first country … Continue reading
Lots and Lots of Bonding
HAPPY 2013 FROM THE WINTER FELLOWS!!!! We brought in the New Year at Sparkles, a fun Tamale bar/restaurant! The fellows had a great time breaking it down with their translators and the locals! The fellows had Tuesday morning off to … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, clean water, Fellowship, Ghana, global water crisis, Happy New Year, Tamale, team building
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Happy New Year!
From our 2013 Winter Fellows!
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Tagged africa, clean water, Fellowship, Ghana, global water crisis, Happy New Year, New Years Eve, Tamale, volunteer
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Celebrating Cheif Meetings
Today the fellows are off to hold their chief meetings with their new villages. Yesterday they went to their villages to set up the meeting and today they will be sitting down with their respected chief and elders to talk … Continue reading
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The 2012 Fall Fellowship Has Begun!
Today was the official start of the 2012 Fall Fellowship Program! After a day of traveling from the States to Ghana, and then another full day riding the bus from Accra up to CWS’ headquarters in Tamale, Tiffany, Brittany, Steven, … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, clean water, Fellowship, Ghana, global water crisis, Tamale, volunteer
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CWS Selected to Compete Global Giving Challenge!
Community Water Solutions has been selected by Global Giving to compete in a exciting fundraising challenge! If we can can raise a minimum of $4,000 from November 24 – December 21 from at least 50 unique donors than we will … Continue reading
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Tagged clean water, Community Water Solutions, fundraising, Ghana, Global Giving, Tamale, water treatment
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Last Day in Ghana!
Today is my last official day in Ghana! I can’t believe how quickly these two months went by. I have spent the last week preparing Peter for my departure. We put together new monitoring forms for him, and then had … Continue reading
Posted in Jarigu, Monitoring, Nyamaliga, The CWS Team
Tagged clean water, Community Water Solutions, fundraising, Ghana, Tamale, water treatment
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Monitoring at Jarigu and Nyamaliga
Jarigu Since opening day at Jarigu on October 17th, 98% of the households in the village have visited the water treatment center at least once, while 74% have come a second time and almost 50% have come three times. These … Continue reading
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Tagged aquatabs, chlorine, Community Water Solutions, drinking water, Ghana, Jarigu, Northern Region Ghana, Nothern Region, Nyamaliga, Tamale, water
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