BGI & Safe Water Network — Our Safe Water Mission in Ghana

4 Jul, 2013

What's New

BGI and Safe Water Network have joined forces to bring safe, sustainable and locally-owned water infrastructure to Ghana. The goal of this initiative is to produce a sustainable system and network that dramatically improves health and livelihoods within the community, and can be broadly replicated across Ghana, Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond.

“Together we are solving the challenges to sustainability and refining our model so that access to safe, affordable water will be a reality for millions throughout Ghana. Partners like BGI make achieving this mission a possibility.”

~ Charles Nimako, Director, Africa Initiatives Safe Water Network

GHANA SNAPSHOT

80% of all disease in Ghana is caused by unsafe water.
3,000 children die annually from water-related illness.
Despite millions of dollars spent addressing Ghana’s water crisis, nearly half of all rural water systems are inoperable.
Stable government, infrastructure, and active commercial and public sector with a conducive enabling environment.