Sanitation Challenge for Ghana: SaniPath partners TREND, Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, and Accra Metropolitan Assembly recognized for their work on liquid waste management

The Sanitation Challenge for Ghana is a program established to promote innovation and partnerships between Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) and private and non-state sector actors to improve liquid waste management in low-income urban households in Ghanaian cities with populations over 15,000. The Challenge was first launched in 2015 by the Government of Ghana and is supported by IMC Worldwide (UK Department of International Development), IRC Ghana, and WASHealth Solutions. The Challenge consisted of two stages in which MMDAs submitted their work to be evaluated alongside their peers. Stage 1 consisted of 139 MMDAs with 17 being invited to participate in the second and final stage of judging. Private and non-state actors were eligible for entry if they had or will be partnering with at least one of the 17 Stage 2 MMDAs on a project related to liquid waste management.

SaniPath Project Launch: Accra, Ghana

In partnership with Training, Research and Networking for Development (TREND) Group, the SaniPath Project was launched in Accra, Ghana in August ’18. This project involves TREND conducting training of Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) members and performing project management activities for a deployment in select neighborhoods in Accra. AMA will be conducting the fieldwork and collaborating with the Water Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research to perform laboratory analyses. These activities are part of the establishment of TREND as a SaniPath Training Hub for the West-African region. Below is a news segment about the SaniPath Accra project filmed during the launch event.

SaniPath Project Launch: Kumasi, Ghana

In partnership with Training, Research and Networking for Development (TREND) Group, the SaniPath Project was launched in Kumasi, Ghana in July ’18. This project involves TREND conducting training of Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) members and performing project management activities for a deployment in 4 neighborhoods throughout Kumasi. KMA will be conducting the fieldwork and collaborating with Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to perform laboratory analyses. These activities are part of the establishment of TREND as a SaniPath Training Hub for the West-African region. Below is a news segment about the SaniPath Kumasi project filmed during the launch event.

Team Member Spotlight: David Berendes

Please have a look at this piece by the Rollins Department of Environmental Health on SaniPath’s David Berendes: In the Field With: David Berendes. The feature highlights David’s specific WASH-related interests and his work for SaniPath in Vellore, India, complete with photos from his trip.

Follow David on Twitter here: @bdes21