Guinness
Ghana Breweries Limited has cut the sod for the commencement of two
Water Health Centres for Alogboshie, a suburb of Achimota in the Ga West
Municipality, and Atebubu in the Brong Ahafo Region.
The
combined GH¢515,000 project is fully funded by GGBL and the Diageo
Foundation and will provide access to clean potable drinking water to
over 40,000 inhabitants of both communities under its flagship community
investment programme, Water of Life.
This
project brings to 9 the total number of Water Health Centres GGBL and
Diageo Foundation have sponsored across the country since 2012.
A
Water Health Centre is a miniature water treatment system consisting of
boreholes connected to a reverse osmosis plant and a housed ultra
violet system to treat water for communities.
Speaking
at the sod cutting ceremony at Alogboshie, Richard Ahiagble, Corporate
Sustainability and Responsibility Manager said, “the selection of
Alogboshie, a community close to our Achimota Brewery and Atebubu, where
we source local raw materials for our production is in line with our
commitment to invest in enriching communities in which we have direct
operations and source locally. "
He
revealed that last year, GGBL invested in a Community Health Post and
the construction of a one classroom block as part of our employee
volunteering programme for the Alogboshie community.
He
added that recent research on the impact of the Water of Life programme
revealed the effect to extend beyond the simple provision of access to
clean drinking water.
"The
study shows that the programme has contributed to the reduction of
water-related diseases from 15% to 3% in the communities where a Water
of Life project has been placed. We hope that with the construction of
this facility, we can create jobs and empower these communities as
well”, he added.
Ekow
Blankson, Vice President and Business Head of WaterHealth
International, Ghana added “Guinness Ghana has partnered with us to
provide WaterHealth centres to over 8 communities. The feedback from
these communities has been great and the impact has been tremendous. We
are excited to partner on these projects as well and are happy at the
level of support we are already receiving from the two communities. We
will be training and employing residents from these communities to
operate and manage the facility once completed – creating local jobs and
supporting livelihoods.”
The two projects are expected to be completed by January 2015.
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