The Ghana West African Medical Mission in collaboration with the Dada Foundation, a subsidiary of the Wisconsin International University College, Ghana that supervises the corporate social responsibilities has constructed almost 100 boreholes in villages or deprived areas free of charge.
The Ghana West African Medical Mission with the Dada Foundation has also sunk six toilet facilities to schools that were in need of it.
Aside from the above, the organization has provided scholarships for 20 needy but brilliant students to study Nursing at the Wisconsin International University College Ghana.
This is part of the organisations’ plan to provide portable and easily accessible water to people living in deprived areas.
The gesture also forms part of the Corporate Social Responsibilities of the two organisations.
Some of the regions that have benefited from this projects include the Ashanti, Eastern, Volta and the Greater Accra Regions.
Speaking in an interview with the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Wisconsin International University College, Ghana, who is also an Executive Member of the Dada Foundation, Jacob Fynn said despite constructing almost 100 boreholes in villages, the organisations will continue the projects to provide clean/ quality and accessible water to remote areas, especially in the villages across the country.
He said for those villages that do not have boreholes, the organisation sends the workers who drill the boreholes to fetch water from the villages that have benefitted from the project to supply them with water.
How it started
Mr Jacob Fynn explained that in 2018, Ghana West African Medical Mission came to Ghana to organise free health screening and administer and donate medicines to those who needed it in the villages.
Aside from the health support, the organisation which is also into ministry preached the word of God to the people.
During the time, he said the organisation observed that most of the diseases found amongst the people who benefitted from the health screening was caused by poor access to proper sanitation and lack of potable water.
Due to this, Mr Jacob Fynn said the Ghana West African Medical Mission decided to construct boreholes and toilet facilities for villages.
After constructing a few, the project was paused due to the covid-19 outbreak.
However, after covid, Mr Jacob Fynn said the Ghana West African Medical Mission connected with the Dada Foundation to re-commence the drilling of boreholes and support the villages with other needs.
He noted that the focus of the Dada foundation is healthcare(Mother and child), education and business innovation.
Mr Jacob Fynn noted that the focus of the Dada Foundation aligned with that of the Ghana West African Medical Mission and therefore welcomed the initiative.
According to him, the Dada Foundation helps to identify the areas that need clean water and send workers to drill the boreholes while the Ghana West African Medical Mission and supporters fund the projects.
Meanwhile, Mr Jacob Fynn said the Dada Foundation is open to work with organisations, individuals or groups who want to help Ghanaians in that regard, noting that there is a lot of work to be done and cannot be done by one organisation.
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