Rural Urban Partnership for Africa (RUPFA), a Non-Governmental Organisation, is spending Ghana cedis (GH¢)12,000 for the laying of pipes for the provision of potable water in three communities near Aveyime-Battor in the Volta Region. The communities include Megbedrakofe, Abukofe and Evukofe, near Aveyime in the North-Tongu District of the Volta Region.
Mr. Richard Ashaley, Executive Director of RUPFA, said an amount of GH¢ 2,500 out of the GH¢12,000would be used for operational activities, whilst GH¢7,500 would be used for the project and GH¢2,000 for the administration expenses.
He said, the NGO is also planning to build a dam for the people of Mafi and classroom blocks and a dam to provide water for the people of Atseive, all in North-Tongu.
Mr. Ashaley said, RUPFA is currently operating in almost all the regions, Upper East region, Upper West regions and the Northern region. He said the NGO is also poised to assist the infrastructure development of Benin Republic through the Millennium Development Goal’s (MDG’s). According to him, RUPFA is putting up school buildings and other necessary infrastructure in Benin.
Mr. Ashaley disclosed this when he paid a working visit with his team to Ghana, last week with the hope of strengthening the NGO’s in the country and to negotiate development projects in Ghana. He said, some of the provincial capitals where development operations would take place are Dogbo Tota, Abomey, Savalou and Natitingou, Kandi towns and villages, all in Benin and its major activities would begin at Bohicon, Bori, Nadoli, Wenon and Gounorou, among other villages.
Mr. Ashaley said RUPFA’s first intention was to get potable water for these villages, and added that development projects in Ghana would also start very soon.
According to him a survey done by RUPFA showed that lack of environmental sanitation and good drinking water posed serious problems in some of the areas, so the construction of bore-holes and other sources of drinking water would be provided with the support of donor agencies.
Touching on education, Mr. Ashaley said RUPFA would construct school buildings and provide community libraries to enhance education, raise learning and education in general in some of the deprived towns and villages in Benin.
Source: Daniel Amoo, The Ghanaian Times, 23 November 2010
