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GROWTHAID SUPPORT SEKYERE EAST DISTRICT IN THE COMMEMORATION OF THE WORLD NTDs DAY CELEBRATION

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) include several parasitic, viral, and bacterial diseases that cause substantial illness for more than one billion people globally. Affecting the world’s poorest people, NTDs impair physical and cognitive development, contribute to mother and child illness and death, make it difficult to farm or earn a living, and limit productivity in the workplace. As a result, NTDs trap the poor in a cycle of poverty and read more

GROWTHAID JOINS THE COMMEMORATION OF THE WORLD NTD DAY 2021

GrowthAid, on Friday 29^th January 2021 joined the Ghana Health Service, The Ministry of Health, and other partners in the Commemoration of the World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Day 2021 at the Alisa Hotel in Accra.

The occasion organised by the Ghana Health Service and the Ministry of Health saw other key partners in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene read more

GROWTHAID TRAINS AREA MECHANICS IN BUENYONYE

Training of area mechanics is of good importance to the individual and the society at large. It helps in the sustainability of mechanical gadgets in the society and makes one earn a living from it.

The training was organized to equip the pump care takers with knowledge and skills on how to repair damaged boreholes read more

GROWTHAID TO SUPPORT COMMUNITIES WITH WASH SERVICES

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) is key in the development of oneself. Drinking of safe water save humans from diseases such as cholera, schistosomiases, and many others. Practicing good Sanitation and Hygiene makes one highly respected and as well prevents diseases. People in the remote villages do suffer from these basic WASH services hence contracting diseases that can be neglected read more

GROWTHAID  TO PROVIDE SAFE WATER

GrowthAid, on Tuesday, 3^rd November 2020 signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Upper Manya Krobo District Assembly and the Yilo Krobo Municipal Assembly to provide new boreholes and repair existing damaged ones.

The MoU was signed at the District Chief Executive Office in the Upper Manya Krobo District Assembly as well as the Head of Works and Roads Office in the Yilo Krobo Municipal Assembly and witnessed by the Coordinating Director, the Head read more

GROWTHAID TO VALIDATE COMMUNITIES TO PROVIDE SAFE WATER

GrowthAid visited communities in the Upper Manya and Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Assembly to validate and assess them to provide safe water. The communities visited were, Djamam, Anyesu Kpeti, Dawa Kpesebi, Aworworso Kpeti, Aworworso Juanya, Akumersu Yiti, Abotia, Trawa, Abobeng and Okortor.

The purpose of these visitation was to assess and read more

INTRA-COUNTRY COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR NTDs LAUNCHED

On Wednesday, October 14, 2020, the Intra-Country Coordination Committee (ICCC) for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) was re-launched. The re-launch of the ICCC for NTDs was held at the Swiss Spirit Alisa Hotel in Accra.

The purpose for the re-launched was to revamp and Read more

GROWTHAID NOMINATED TO SERVE ON THE REVAMPED ICCC FOR NTDS IN GHANA

GrowthAid attended a three-day workshop of the revamped Intra-Country Coordination Committee (ICCC) for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in Ghana. The workshop commenced on Monday, 12^th October 2020 and ended on Wednesday, 14^th October 2020 at the Swiss Spirit Alisa Hotel, North Ridge, Accra. The workshop was to review and validate workplans and budgets for the ICCC for NTDs in Ghana.  Read more

GROWTHAID VISITS COMMUNITIES IN YILO KROBO MUNICIPALITY

GrowthAid on Thursday, October 8, 2020 visited five communities in the Yilo Krobo Municipality to confirm that indeed they are water and sanitation stressed communities who need intervention.

The visit as part of the partnership that GrowthAid has with Read more

LATTER-DAY SAINTS CHARITIES (LDSC) EXTENDS CONTRACT WITH GROWTHAID TO DELIVER SAFE WATER

GrowthAid is an NGO which focuses on delivering sustainable WASH services and the prevention and management of NTDs. GrowthAid on Wednesday, 9^th September 2020 signed a contract with the Latter Days Saints Charities (LDSC) to provide water facilities to deprived communities in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality, Yilo Krobo Municipality and Upper Manya Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana.  Read more

WORLD FIRST NTDs Day KICK-STARTS IN GHANA – PICTURES

On Saturday January 25^th, 2020, GrowthAid joined the Ghana Health Service and sector stakeholders to kick-off activities leading to the celebration of the world’s first NTD Day which comes off on January 30^th. The “Health Walk” was done through key streets of Accra and attracted several participants from various government and Read more

GROWTHAID TO PROVIDE WATER FACILITIES FOR KROBO COMMUNITIES

The Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Assembly under the leadership of the MCE for the area, Simon Kweku Tetteh on Thursday 14th November, 2019 signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a Non-Governmental Organization, Growth Aid to provide new boreholes and repair existing damaged ones.
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