...CONCISE STRATEGY TO IMPROVE GHANA’S ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION PRESENTED BY: COSMAS LANKONO (B.Sc. CIVIL ENGINEERING) Tel: +233-26-294-8033 Email:c.lankono@gmail.com 1.0 PROBLEM STATEMENT (RECOGNITION) Most of our streets, market places and cab stations all have an unpleasant characteristic in common-choked open drains, garbage in plain sight, overflowing dustbins etc. Most Ghanaians especially those engaged in commercial activities on the street are not accustomed to the habit of keeping a tidy environment; walk into most cab stations to confirm. It is not uncommon to see trash being thrown out of cars in Ghana, the most common refuse constituent being the black polythene bags. The ugly truth of Ghana’s sanitation situation is that despite efforts by the government and NGOs towards creating a cleaner environment, the net effectiveness will always be infinitesimal since the main solution is to reach the mindset of the populace. Our very early Ghanaian civilization had a more domesticated lifestyle which did not include the use of less bio-degradable products such as plastics and polythene bags thus the adaptation to a modern lifestyle with regards to the management of modern waste products is clearly seen anytime we are on the streets. This concise strategy which blends entertainment with education is a sure way to effectively educate the populace with regards to a positive mindset tuning. For Ghana to attain full middle income status, the health of...
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... NKANSAH EVANS BAC05120095 1|Page Project Framework World health organization (WHO) Logical framework (Log frame) Project Title Water and Sanitation Project at Gyampokrom Project Description Construction of water treatment station, underground drainage system and provision of refuse dumpsters for the community of Gyampokrom Project schedule Commencement / Start Date Of Project Date Of Completion Of Projects 15th January 2015 30th March 2016 Project Date Breakdown Project Start / End Date Project Description 15th January – 15th June 2015 Completion of water treatment station 16th June – December 2015 Completion of underground drainage 1st January 2016 - 30th march 2016 Completion of installation of refuse dumpsters 2|Page Project Context Research conducted by the world health organization revealed that 70% of death recorded annually were as a result of poor environmental sanitation and usage of contaminated water. Goals / Objectives of the Project Reduce death and illness related to Water and Sanitation related diseases in Gyampokrom. Improved access to and use of sustainable sources of safe water. Enhanced practice of safe hygiene and sanitation in the household. Improved access to and use of sustainable sanitation facilities. Sanitation facility use is promoted. Reasons for the execution of the project 20% of children in Gyampokrom under 48month with diarrhoea in...
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... Sumani John Bosco (Supervisor) Date…………………….. DEDICATION This work is dedicated to the parents and relatives of the group members for their love, care, prayers and support. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The group wishes to render its first thanks to the Almighty God without whose divine intervention the work would not have been possible. We also acknowledge the immense contribution of the chiefs, elders and people of Zanko and Sokpayiri communities who contributed in diverse ways to making our research a successful one. The group also likes to acknowledge the various contributions by Zoom lion Ghana Ltd, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Wa Municipal Assembly for making available relevant information pertaining to the project. We are very much grateful to Mr.Sumani John Bosco who supervised this work. We sincerely appreciate his advice, directions, suggestions made towards this work. We are also very thankful...
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...KOFORIDUA POLYTECHNIC RENT DIFFERENTIALS BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND ZONGO COMMUNITIES IN GHANA AND DETERMINANTS OR FACTORS THAT MOTIVATE PEOPLE TO STAY OR HIRE AT SUCH PLACES/ AREAS. A CASE STUDY OF KOFORIDUA OLD ESTATES AND KOFORIDUA ZONGO. BY BANAFO BENJAMIN DUODU OBED FEKOW SARPONG ALFRED ANGMOR SOLOMON K. OPOKU MENSAH A. RICHARD YEBOAH A. DERRICK ANUM AYIVOR ISHMAEL E. OSABUTEY CATHERINE A. OWUSU BISMARK 2012 DEDICTION Our expectation is that this case study will be dedicated to all potential researchers who might be embarking on this same case study and to Mr. Jamal Mohammed paved the way for us to embark on this practical research. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We are most grateful to the Lord Almighty for strength, knowledge and wisdom granted to us in our area of study. We also acknowledge every member of our group who contributed their effort to this successful research. TABLE OF CONTENT PAGE CHAPTER ONE * BACKGROUND INFORMATION 4...
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...Chris Bosch Ghana Country report Professor Shuman 12-10-15 “Ghana” What does one think of when they think of Ghana? of sprawling untouched grasslands lands and packs of healthy animals, which bring a healthy flow of tourism into the lands? or a bustling modern city with all the amenities one could dream of? In reality, Ghana is a struggling country in regards to their health infrastructure and economy. There are many reasons as to why Ghana is in the state it is in today. From colonialism to the rather recent gaining of their independence, Ghana is a relatively new country and it is no surprise that they are currently experiencing growing pains. Because of these growing pains it has resulted in a domino like effect, influencing all facets of the nation. A clearer picture one should paint of the country of Ghana is a nation divided between modern and old, rich and poverty stricken, Westerners and natives. These demographics are essential in the dividing of the country for the issues it faces today are complex and need a well planned all reaching solution to curb the current trends in Ghana today. With that being said, Ghana is a country in the process of modernizing their current platforms/infrastructure but with this growth still come a variety of healthcare issues and diseases such as HIV and Malaria that need attention if this trends are to be curbed. Before one can delve further into the current health issues plaguing the nation of Ghana it is imperative to have...
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...STATE OF THE WORLD’S CITIES 2008/2009 Case Study Woman-headed households suffer disproportionately from inadequate housing s Turkish women taking a lunch break in Ankara ©Kobby Dagan/iStockphoto A recent report released by the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions notes that while previous studies found that women who migrate to cities do so to join family members – mostly husbands – in the city, this trend appears to be changing: an increasing number of women are migrating to cities on their own, often to escape domestic violence or discrimination in rural areas, or because they have been disinherited. In some sub-Saharan African countries, stigmatization due to HIV/AIDS has also forced women to move to cities. In Kenya, for instance, many rural women who are infected with HIV, or who have lost a husband to the disease, are sent away from the marital home along with their children. Many of these women end up in urban slums, while their children, who are presumed to be infected with the virus, are often denied a share of the father’s property. While poor women and men in urban centres both face insecurity of land tenure and shelter, women are especially disadvantaged because they are often excluded from secure tenure as a consequence of cultural norms and unequal legal rights in legislative and policy frameworks of political systems. Women who become single heads of households, particularly in Africa, are particularly vulnerable, as in many countries in the region...
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...COUNTRIES: LESSONS FROM GHANA Mr. Isaac Kwasi Egyir Human Ecology Department, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, BELGIUM Email: iegyir@vub.ac.be CONTENT PAGE ACRONYMS 3 ABSTRACT 4 1. Introduction 5 1.1 The Definition and Concept of Communication 5 1.1.1 Concept of Environmental Communication 6 1.2 The Definition and Concept of Leadership 8 1.2.1 Concept of Environmental Leadership 9 1.3 Link between Environmental Communication and Leadeship 10 2. Statement of Research the Problem 10 2.1 Objectives of the Paper 11 2.2 Guiding Hypotheses 11 3. Conceptual Framework of the Paper 11 4. Materials and Methods 13 4.1 The Study Location 13 4.2 Data Collection Analysis 13 5. Results and Discussion 15 5.1 The State of Ghana's Environment 16 5.1.1 Perception of Environmental Problems in Ghana 16 5.2 Environmental Policy and Implementing Instituitions in Ghana 17 5.2.1 Economic Recovery Programme (ERP) 18 5.2.2 National Environmental Action Plan (NEAP) 18 5.2.3 Ghana Environmental REsources Management systems (GERMS) 19 5.2.4 Forest and Wildlife Policy 20 5.2.5 Environment Sanitation Policy (ESP) 20 5.2.6 Strategic Environment Assessment (SEA) 20 5.3 Environmental Implementing Instituitions in Ghana 21 5.3.1 Roles of Key Stakeholders 22 5.3.1.1 The Role of Government of Ghana 22 5.3.1.2 Awareness...
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...FAIRTRADE PRODUCTS Cadbury is holding a party for the launch of its new Fairtrade-certified Dairy Milk bars. The event is being held on 31st August in Bournville, the original birthplace of Cadbury; at the ‘Cadbury World’ museum. Press are invited to be among the first people to try the new Dairy Milk and to hear from Cadbury’s Chief Executive, Todd Stitzer, about his travels to Ghana. This will include a presentation of video-casts to show the contributions Cadbury is currently making to Ghanian cocoa farmers and their communities. As part of the event, Cadbury will also be unveiling the new Fairtrade exhibition at its museum, which aims to teach visitors why Fairtrade is important and how Cadbury is helping Ghanaian farmers as part of the Cadbury Cocoa Partnership (CCP) initiative. In March this year, Cadbury announced its plans to achieve Fairtrade certification for Cadbury’s Dairy Milk products by joining forces with the Fairtrade Foundation. The reasons behind this groundbreaking move were to further improve living standards and conditions for cocoa farmers and their communities in Ghana, as well as create a sustainable supply of high quality cocoa for Cadbury. Cadbury’s Chief Executive, Todd Stitzer, says that after the the launch party, the value of Fairtrade chocolate sales in Britain will leap from £45m to £225m. Chief Executive of the Fairtrade Foundation, Harriet Lamb, said, “We're delighted to have the opportunity to certify Cadbury Dairy Milk, enabling all...
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...ERP - Economic Recovery Programme 3. IMF - International Monetary Fund 4. GDP - Gross Domestic Product 5. PAMSCAD- Programme of Action to Mitigate the Social Cost of Adjustment 6. CIPs - Community Initiative Projects 7. ADRA - Adventist Development Relief Agency LIST OF TABLES TABLE 1 CIPs under PAMSCAD completed and commissioned by 1990 1 TABLE 2 CIPs under PAMSCAD under construction by 1990 BACKGROUND OF PAMSCAD In 1983 the government of Ghana adopted a Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) locally dubbed the Economic Recovery Program (ERP) under the guidance of the World Bank and the IMF. The overriding purpose of the ERP was to reduce Ghana's debts and to improve its trading position in the global economy. The stated objectives of the program focused on restoring economic productivity at minimum cost to the government and included the following policies: lowering inflation through stringent fiscal, monetary, and trade policies; increasing the flow of foreign exchange into Ghana and directing it to priority sectors; restructuring the country's economic institutions; restoring production incentives; rehabilitating...
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...STATEMENT: Rural poverty as an economic woe; eliminating poverty through agriculture and natural resource management, women empowerment, rural infrastructure and education. In Ghana, poverty is primarily rural, with the northern regions recording the highest incidence of poverty in the country (GSS, 2007). Low agriculture productivity, undeveloped markets and lack of gainful wage employment opportunities as well as restrictive access of the less endowed to productive resources have been identified as the major causes of poverty. Governmental policies hardly favour rural areas, leading to rural-urban migration. The number of job opportunities in these poor remote areas is limited and therefore, standard of living in rural areas is generally low. Farming activities which is taunted as the backbone of the economy is left to the old-aged to pursue since the youth sees farming as an activity for people who ‘have nothing to do’. Rural poverty as an economic woe; eliminating poverty through agriculture and natural resource management, women empowerment, rural infrastructure and education. According to the FAO (2015), the severity of the natural resource constraints facing the rural poor in Ghana requires that government focus a good number of projects on natural resource management. Many rural areas in Ghana have natural resources that are untapped. The majority of the rural poor are smallholder farmers, who are responsible for most global food production. Helping them to improve farm...
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...Economic Commission for Africa The Millennium Development Goals in Africa: Progress and Challenges Economic Commission for Africa The Millennium Development Goals in Africa: Progress and Challenges August 2005 © 2005. Economic Commission for Africa Material from this publication may be freely quoted or reprinted. Acknowledgment is requested, together with a copy of the publication. The views expressed are those of the original authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the United Nations. Project coordinator: Adrian Gauci Editorial coordination: Cristina Müller Team: Abebe Shimeles, Workie Mitiku, Vanessa Steinmayer, Reto Thoenen This report was produced with guidance and input from Augustin Fosu, Director of the Economic and Social Policy Division of the ECA. It benefited greatly from the revisions of Bartholomew Armah and Kwabia Boateng. Special thanks to Lorna Davidson for the final editing, to Akwe Amosu for her valuable input, and to Seifu Dagnachew and Teshome Yohannes for creative and efficient lay-out and production. The report was designed by the ECA Communication Team and printed by the Documents Reproduction and Distribution Unit, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Photo credits (left to right): Front cover- R. Zurba/USAID, J. Dunlop/USAID, R. Zurba/USAID, M. Crozet/ILO. Back cover- J. Maillard/ILO, T. Brunette/USAID, I. Getachew/UNICEF. Table of Contents Acronyms .....................................................................
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...TERM PAPER NAME: Richmond Sagoe TOPIC: Eliminating poverty in rural areas in Ghana THESIS STATEMENT: Rural poverty as an economic woe; eliminating poverty through agriculture and natural resource management, women empowerment, rural infrastructure and education. In Ghana, poverty is primarily rural, with the northern regions recording the highest incidence of poverty in the country (GSS, 2007). Low agriculture productivity, undeveloped markets and lack of gainful wage employment opportunities as well as restrictive access of the less endowed to productive resources have been identified as the major causes of poverty. Governmental policies hardly favour rural areas, leading to rural-urban migration. The number of job opportunities in these poor remote areas is limited and therefore, standard of living in rural areas is generally low. Farming activities which is taunted as the backbone of the economy is left to the old-aged to pursue since the youth sees farming as an activity for people who ‘have nothing to do’. Rural poverty as an economic woe; eliminating poverty through agriculture and natural resource management, women empowerment, rural infrastructure and education. According to the FAO (2015), the severity of the natural resource constraints facing the rural poor in Ghana requires that government focus a good number of projects on natural resource management. Many rural areas in Ghana have natural resources that are untapped. The majority of the rural poor are smallholder...
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...cities, 2008/09, page 129, a major flood in Surat, India, in 1994 resulted in an outbreak of a plague-like disease, and the official inquiry cited uncollected solid waste of which plastics are of greater percentage blocking drains. The disease caused panic country-wide and while the citizens blame the municipality, the public authorities in turn blamed the citizens for their lack of civic sense. Such a phenomenon of blame games when it comes to waste management and whose responsibility is it occurs in most major cities in the developing world, and Accra, Ghana is no exception. Solid waste management is a herculean task and can easily become a crisis if it is ignored. A solid waste crisis can...
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...Global Perspective Course Number: BC607 From: Millicent Fowler To: Dr. Miro The country of Ghana a region in West Africa is my country of choice, Electricity generation and usage in Ghana. Business Report The country generates electric power from hydropower, fossil-fuel, thermal energy and renewable energy sources. Electricity generation is one of the key factors to propel it to achieve the developmental goal of the national economy, with aggressive and rapid industrialization, which has increased the consumption from 265kilowatt-hours per capita in 2009 to 297.8 kilowatt-hours per capita, causing frequent power outage and rationing. It has become necessary for the privatization of the sector. Ghana exported some of its generated energy and fossil fuel to other countries in the region, Transmission is under the operation of Ghana Grid Company, Distribution under Northern electricity Distribution Company and electricity Company of Ghana. For the country to meet its economic growth, it is working on projects aimed at diversifying its energy generation and supply as the government is no longer able to handle it. I therefore propose that Consolidated Edison Company (ConEdison) come into a joint venture business agreement with Ghana, where generation and supply will be manage by ConEdison. During the past two decades, Ghana has emerged as a paragon of stability and good governance, held up as a shining example for the...
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...Sunyani Polytechnic, Sunyani, BA, Ghana, E-mail: spolytec @yahoo.com Introduction Urbanization is increasing in both the developed and developing countries. However, rapid urbanization, particularly the growth of large cities, and the associated problems of unemployment, poverty, inadequate health, poor sanitation, urban slums and environmental degradation pose a formidable challenge in many developing countries. Available statistics show that more than half of the world’s 6.6 billion people live in urban areas, crowded into 3 percent of the earth’s land area (Angotti, 1993; UNFPA, 1993). The proportion of the world’s population living in urban areas, which was less than 5 percent in 1800 increased to 47 percent in 2000 and is expected to reach 65 percent in 2030 (United Nations, 1990; 1991). However, more than 90 percent of future population growth will be concentrated in cities in developing countries and a large percentage of this population will be poor. In Africa and Asia where urbanization is still considerably lower (40 percent), both are expected to be 54 percent urban by 2025 (UN 1995; 2002). Although urbanization is the driving force for modernization, economic growth and development, there is increasing concern about the effects of expanding cities, principally on human health, livelihoods and the environment. The implications of rapid urbanization and demographic trends for employment, food security, water supply, shelter and sanitation, especially the disposal of...
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