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International NGO, World Vision Ghana and mining company Goldfields Ghana have signed a One million dollar MOU to provide water for the people of Damang, in the Tarkwa Municipality of the Western Region.

The project will also include increased access to water, foster sustainability, strengthen water governance and promote innovative solutions.

The MOU will also amplify and expand water, health and sanitation for the people of Damang.

Country Director for World Vision Ghana, Laura Del Valle Christina said “The partnership will ensure the provision of water supply to communities, schools and Healthcare facilities and directly impact countless lives, especially the vulnerable”.

She said that was done through transformative programming that tackled the root-causes of poverty and injustice.

She said it was regrettable that about 18 million people in Ghana lacked access to safely managed water and according to UNICEF,76 per cent of households in Ghana was at a risk of drinking water containing faecal matter.

Improving the water situation, she said required strategic interventions and the MoU was a step in the right direction to address the crucial issue of water access and sustainability in the Damang- Huni Valley Municipality.

She commended Gold Fields Ghana Foundation for the partnership and gave the assurance that it would make a change in the lives of countless Ghanaians.

Executive Secretary of Goldfields Ghana Foundation, Abdel-Razak Yakubu who signed on behalf of his outfit said the move is one of the company’s core social responsibilities

“For us at Goldfields making lives comfortable for people is our priority and nothing comes good than helping people with safe drinking water”

Abdel-Razak on the other hand said Gold Fields Ghana Foundation was contributing $270, 000 towards the Damang project.

He said his outfit had over the years tried to find lasting solutions to the acute water challenges of the area, and the partnership would leverage their search for such solutions.

He said the partnership was apt as World Vision Ghana had the track record and expertise in providing potable water and the pilot project at Damang, could be extended to 200 households that would be metered.

Nana Bene Mireku(known in private life as Dr Tony Aubyn) Abakumahene of Wassa Damang gave the assurance that the project would give the people there adequate prospects and commended the two organisations for the partnership.

In water, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Vision Ghana had over the years supported thousands of communities and individuals, supported healthcare, education, among other important interventions.

Gold Fields Ghana Foundation have also supported mining communities in the areas of education, health, water and Sanitation, agriculture and infrastructural development.

They have also empowered youth in so many areas.