Providing of clean water to needy communities worldwide has been a key emphasis of Rotary International Presidents since 2006. You are invitedto partner with the Rotary Club of Gold Beach to fund an International Service Clean Water Project in Upper East Ghana.
In 2006, Gold Beach residents Tony and Terri-Lynn Kalhagen traveled the unimproved roads, rivers, and trails of west Africa to reach the village of Gungabisi in Bolgatanga, the Upper East Region of Ghana. Their purpose was to meet the women who produce the beautiful Bolga African basketry. The tale of their adventure is remarkable, as is the need of the villagers throughout Bolgatanga. To sustain their village, the women of Gungabisi must daily carry untreated river water for miles. No other source of water currently exists, so villagers have a dire need of a well for clean water.
The Rotary Club of Gold Beach has structured an International Service Project to fund the development of wells in Bolgatanga. Our goal is to build one or more clean water wells for the village of Gungabisi in the fall of 2008. The cost of one well is 3,500.00 Ghanaian Cedis (about US $3,500.00). Development of a well will take approximately two months.
And, that's just the beginning. In November, 2008, the Kalhagens returned to Gungabisi, where Tony and Terri-Lynn filmed the completion and dedication of the village well for Rotary International.
The project has grown and more wells have been identified in other villages (4-6), a school and a medical clinic have been added to the project - now deemed the "Ripple Effect". The scope of the project has increased along with the budget. The Gold Beach Rotary Club has agreed to help raise funds in the amount of $25,000 to make this dream a reality. Join with us...ask us how YOU can participate.
Below is a documentary video of Tony & Terri-Lynn's 2006 journey to Ghana.
Providing of clean water to needy communities worldwide has been a key emphasis of Rotary International Presidents since 2006. You are invitedto partner with the Rotary Club of Gold Beach to fund an International Service Clean Water Project in Upper East Ghana.
Their purpose was to meet the women who produce the beautiful Bolga African basketry. The tale of their adventure is remarkable, as is the need of the villagers throughout Bolgatanga. To sustain their village, the women of Gungabisi must daily carry untreated river water for miles. No other source of water currently exists, so villagers have a dire need of a well for clean water.