Abandoned water projects leave thousands of northern communities reeling in thirst - The Fourth Estate

Abandoned water projects leave thousands of northern communities reeling in thirst - The Fourth Estate

In the sun-scorched plains of Northern Ghana, women, children, and men in many communities walk over very long distances, carrying head pans and ubiquitous yellow gallons to fetch water from hand-dug wells, muddy dams, shallow streams, and rivers, often in competition with their livestock and other domestic animals. Men fetching water from a muddy dug-out in Pwalugu community while their animal drink from the same source   It is a daily routine …