Projects
WASH Project
The Sustainable Water and Sanitation Project undertaken from September 2013 to December 2014 under the World Bank/IDA funding and still ongoing is to provide water and sanitation facilities to about 200,000 people living in Rural/Small Towns in Central and Western Regions of Ghana. The Community subprojects component of the project includes institutional latrines for schools and household toilet/sanitation facilities and hygiene promotion activities that emphasize community-led total sanitation (CLTS) in Rural/Small Towns. The project is placing a strong emphasis on sanitation with the intention of giving this sub-sector much more attention than it has previously received. The aim of the sanitation and hygiene intervention is to ensure ownership and sustainability by investing community sensitization and mobilization activities towards the creation of a congenial environment for households to invest in hygiene and sanitation. There is therefore a shift from provision of subsidy to community ownership, mutual support and local solutions for sanitation and behavioral change communication practices.
Good Governance project
Joncaring Foundation also implemented a 6-month project with sponsorship from the World Bank/Centre for Development Partners. The project provided an experience in promoting civic engagement and effective partnership between resident women and service providers as well as the Ashaiman Municipal Assembly in the provision of services including improved sanitation.
WASH Project
A ten-month project implemented in the Ashaiman Municipality and Tema Metropolis, March, 2010 – January, 2011, with major stakeholders such as the Community Water & Sanitation Agency on the protection of water sources and, the District Health Directorate on Home-based care, ante natal services and the distribution of insecticide treated bed nets to rural dwellers. Project implementation activities included, Town Meetings with the Municipal Assembly, traditional authorities and other agencies on their social responsibility to the community; Assembly Member Forum at the Area Council level on their stewardship in the electoral areas as regards hygiene and sanitation promotion and Multi-Sector Advocacy Forum on Behavior Change Communication on HIV/AIDS in the Ashaiman Municipality and Tema Metropolis. The main goal of the project was to promote participation, consultation and dialogue among local governance stakeholders in the twin city. The specific objectives were to strengthen the local capacities of the marginalized and socially excluded groups to demand their rights to promote transparency and to enhance the capacity of local civil society organizations to participate in the local governance process and to demand accountability from duty bearers.