Temis Foundation a non-governmental Organization which seeks to provide hope for the vulnurable and the marginalised in society, has officially registered its presence in the Builsa North Municipality of the Upper East Region with massive social interventions that have already been carried out in the Municipality.
Accessing potable water is a major concern for residents of many rural and remote communities in the Upper East Region.
Many women and children on daily basis are compelled to trek long distances in search of water, mostly from streams, rivers, ponds and other open water sources for their daily and economic activities.
To address this age-old problem in the Builsa North Municipality, Temis Foundation a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has intervened to drill a borehole each for 5 communities in the Builsa North Municipality of the Upper East Region.
Speaking at a short meeting with the leadership of the Builsa North Municipal Assembly at the MCE's office on Monday October 2 2023 to formally inform the Assembly of the NGO's existence in the municipality, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NGO, Madam Ruth Awentemi Afoko, said the NGO'S vision was to provide safe drinking water to residents living in rural communities.
She explained that water was a basic necessity of life and that there was the need for it to be provided to especially rural dwellers to enable them live quality lives.
Madam Afoko added that out of the five boreholes, only Suwarinsa borehole that is 70% complete and will soon be fully completed and handed over to the community for use.
The remaining four (4) according to her, the NGO is in talk with the beneficiary community members on the need to have a Bank account in the name of borehole with at least thousand five hundred,(Ghc1,500 ) before the projects will kick start in November 2023.
She noted that in the coming weeks she and her team will be donating furniture to Chuchuliga Junior High School (JHS) and donate to one orphanage home located in Suwarinsa.
She pleaded with the Assembly to corporate with her team to enable them work effectively in the municipality.
The beneficiary communities are: Suwarinsa 1, Kadema 1, Balansa 1 and 2 and Siniesi.
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) Hon. Vida Anaab in her speech lauded the NGO for the water project, saying when completed it will be a big relief to the beneficiary communities.
The MCE added that the Assembly doors are open for development partners such as Temis Foundation and are ever ready to support the NGO to achieve it intended purpose in the municipality.
She pleaded with the NGO to keep on updating the Assembly on their activities in the communities so that the Assembly will add their activities in the municipality into their annual reports.
Kwaching Agwaazeh Edmond-NoiyengRadio
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