WASH & Integrated Health Improvement
Empowering Communities Through Access to Clean Water, Improved Sanitation, and Lifesaving Hygiene Practices
Our WASH & Integrated Health Improvement Programme aims to enhance community health by providing access to clean water, proper sanitation, and essential health education. By focusing on sustainable solutions and promoting hygiene practices, we work to reduce waterborne diseases and improve overall well-being. This program combines infrastructure development, community engagement, and preventive health education to create healthier, resilient communities with lasting access to clean water and sanitation resources.
Key Focus Areas:
Access to Clean Water
We build and rehabilitate water sources to ensure communities have consistent access to safe, potable water. Through wells, boreholes, and water filtration systems, we bring life-sustaining resources to those in need.
Sanitation Infrastructure and Hygiene Education
Our initiatives include constructing latrines and promoting proper waste disposal. We conduct hygiene workshops covering handwashing, safe water storage, and other practices that reduce the spread of diseases, empowering communities with essential health knowledge.
Integrated Health Awareness and Prevention
By providing education on disease prevention and nutrition, we aim to foster healthier living. Our health programs raise awareness of critical issues like maternal health, child nutrition, and preventive care, ensuring lasting wellness within communities.
Ongoing Projects
Project Name:
Integrated Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Project
Duration
2018 to date (Revolving funding)
Project Fund
Project Area
- Saboba & Zabzugu District, Northern Region
Donors
- World Vision, Ghana
Project Description
The project focuses on improving universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), and integrating environmental protection, peace building and gender mainstreaming in the provision of sustainable WASH services. The project adopted Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), institutional triggering, safe water transport. Storage and use education and capacity building of Community and District WASH stakeholders as its main implementation strategies. Since 2018 to date, RACED Ghana (Formerly, IMA) has carried out series of behavioral change and technical activities aimed at improving sustainable access to improved WASH services in over 80 communities. Over 60,000 peoples gained knowledge on improved hygiene practices, 3000 gained access to improved sanitation services, 200 community religious and opinion leaders, including women and youth trained in social accountability, WASH governance, participatory decision making, gender mainstreaming as well as religion perspectives in improved WASH practices. The project also integrated primary health service provision, thus strengthening the capacity of community health volunteers to effectively educate mothers and care givers for improve nutrition, child protection and increase immunization and vaccination services.
Project Progress Bar
Project Name:
ICOWASH2 Project (1 &2)
Duration
February, 2023 to November, 2024 (18 months)
Project Fund
Project Area
- West Mamprusi Municipality,
- Mamprugu Moaduri
- Talensi Districts
Donors
- Catholic Relief Service
Project Description
CRS ICOWASH2 Project (1&2). The project focus on using Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) strategies for hygiene and sanitation improvement. RACED Ghana facilitated hygiene education, with women, children and youth as well as traditional leaders. RACED Ghana also facilitated community self-assessment, technical review meetings, training on plastic waste management and safe disposal, proper hand washing with soap installation and practices, while integrating sanitation marketing and savings for transformation (SLT) activities into hygiene and sanitation improvement. The first phase achieve 100% open defecation targeted, increasing access to sanitation and hygiene services among 8000 peoples. The second phase increased hygiene practices among 35,000 peoples in 45 communities.
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Project Name:
+1 Global WASH Funds
Duration
January, 2023 –December, 2024 (12 months)
Project Fund
Project Area
- East Mamprusi Municipality
Donors
- Roddenberry Foundation
Project Description
This is an integrated WASH project focuses on provision of sustainable water and sanitation services and reducing water insecurity in rural communities, while integrating sanitation financing mechanism , thus savings4sanitation initiatives. The project provided 3 boreholes in three communities, distributed 100 improved water storage containers for vulnerable households, trained 21 community water management committees, sensitized over 1200 households on safe water transport, storage and use as well as facilitated the formation of Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) group managed sanitation credit. These interventions have contributed to 2,200 peoples getting access to improved water services, while 3,000 peoples gained access to improved sanitation and hygiene services.
This project also build the capacity of RACED Ghana staff in organizational governance, communications and networking, funds raising and collaborations.
Project Progress Bar
Project Name:
GAVI Support Programme Rationale
Duration
February, 2024-November, 2024 (9 months)
Project Fund
Project Area
- Yunyoo-Nasuan District, North East Region, Ghana
Donors
- Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Health (GCNH)
Project Description
This project seeks to strengthen community health systems to improve antenatal, postnatal, and newborn care for pregnant women and babies, including vaccination uptake.
The project contributed to an increase in PENTA3 vaccination rates among children under five in Yunyoo District, successfully vaccinating 100 children.
The project’s main strategies included:
Strengthening the capacity of community health volunteers
Community durbar (gatherings)
Sensitization and education
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Get Involved
Your contribution can help us bring clean water, improved sanitation, and better hygiene to communities in need. Join us in creating lasting change by supporting our WASH Programme.
Donate to Build a Borehole
Provide safe drinking water to a community by sponsoring the construction of a borehole.
Volunteer for a WASH Campaign
Get involved in our hands-on hygiene promotion events and help us spread awareness.
Partner with us to implement large-scale water and sanitation projects in underserved areas.
Impact Stories
Our WASH projects have transformed the lives of many, especially in rural communities. Learn about the positive impacts we’ve had on health, education, and wellbeing through our WASH interventions.
