The Zongo Water project

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The Zongo Water project
North Tongu District, Volta Region, Ghana

• AMURT co-ordinator
• Dada Daneshananda

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Early mornings in the Ghana countryside.
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The villagers collect their daily water.
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Before attending school, the children carry water.
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Families bring home water for drinking.
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Women come to wash the family clothes.
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Cows also come to drink and bathe.
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The water source in Hogkpo village is one of the
worst - the water is green and contaminated by
the cattle.
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This dugout in Kpokope is very typical of the
kind of water source available to the communities
in North Tongu district.
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Lack of clean drinking water is the biggest
problem in the area.
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Consequently, many children suffer ...
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from water related diseases.
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The distances that women carry water each day are
far
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AMURT started the work in North Tongu in 1991,
first through educational programs about Guinea
worm.
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In meetings with village elders it became clear
that the communities needed not only education
they needed a source of safe water.
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From the beginning the villagers were organized
and took the lead in directing the project works.
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The respect for the elders is an important
tradition in Ghana.
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The Mafi Tedeafenui- Dekpoe water project was
completed in 1999 serving 10 villages.
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The project is community owned and managed. It
has become a model project and groups from all
over Ghana visit Dekpoe to learn.
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AMURT brought a water engineer from the USA to
advise on technical aspects of the operation.
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And in 1995, construction of the dam at
Mafi-Zongo began. The project is designed to
serve 30 communities.
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The communities contribute what they can through
communal labour.
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Working together in new and old ways.
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For a vision
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The organizing and craftsmanship is done by
members of the communities.
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The water treatment plants was built in 2001.
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The clearwell capacity is 140 cubic metres.
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The water from the dam is purified by a slow sand
filter which is easy to operate and maintain.
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The dam has a capacity of 385,000 cubic metres.
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The community meetings continued
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The design calls for a water reservoir on top of
Kpokope Hill.
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The water will be pumped to the top of the hills
and then flow by gravity to the communities.
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As building began ...
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the mountain became the focal point of all the
villagers.
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The women were responsible to break the stones
needed for reservoir construction.
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The communities weaned the sand and carried it to
the top of the mountain.
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New life and community is built around the water
project.
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Re-afforestation programs begin
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The local schools manage the nursery set up by
AMURT (Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team).
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And a new community clinic has opened run by
trained villagers.
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The days will soon pass, when children do not
have to collect dirty water for their homes.
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Clean running water ... its a dream come true!
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For further information Please contact Dada
Daneshananda E-mail amurt.gh_at_amurt.net www.amurt.
net/africa
A Nairobi Sector project, 2003.