Global Communities Ghana directly partners local leaders, governments, international organizations and the private sector to deliver solutions to urgent challenges while building resilience for strong futures.

294,952 +

people have access to household sanitation facilities

211,112 +

people have access to safe water

900 +

Open Defecation-Free (ODF) communities

Three women fetching water from a standpipe

Our Work

Global Communities Ghana is a leading humanitarian organization working at the nexus of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), sustainable development, and financial inclusion with over a decade of making of impact.

Our focus:

  • Access to safe water
  • Improved sanitation
  • Promotion of social and behavioral change
  • Menstrual hygiene management
  • WASH in institutions (schools and health care facilities)
  • Strategic partnerships

We thrive on partnerships

We cannot change the world alone, so we partner donors, public and private sectors to create the change we want to see.

Global Communities Ghana attributes most of at the community level successes to the Government of Ghana through Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) and agencies.

The private sector and social enterprises have also been instrumental in promoting WASH in health and educational institutions, and communities

Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecelia Dapaah, seated on the Digni-Loo, with Country Director Alberto Wilde next to her
Aerial view of a pump house powered by solar energy for small town water system

Access to safe water

Global Communities Ghana has consistently ensured that deprived communities have access to safe water through various innovative means. We adopt green energy in powering most of our facilities

 

Aerial view of a pump house powered by solar energy for small town water system
Market woman at Mallam Attah Market washing her hands on Global Handwashing Day 2019

Social and Behavioral Change Communication (SBCC)

SBCC is one of the sustainable strategies Global Communities Ghana adopts to influence the adoption of improved WASH behaviors while emphasizing on gender and social inclusion.

Market woman at Mallam Attah Market washing her hands on Global Handwashing Day 2019
A household latrine constructed with interlocking blocks with an installed Digni-Loo

Improved Sanitation

 

As part of the fight for an Open Defecation Free (ODF) Ghana and ensure a hygienic environment, Global Communities Ghana in collaboration with their dedicated partners assist households to construct improved latrines. Global Communities Ghana also provides latrines for two essential but deprived institutions (Schools and CHPS compounds) in selected communities.

 

A household latrine constructed with interlocking blocks with an installed Digni-Loo
Cholera prevention campaign

Cholera Prevention

Since 2014, Global Communities has been providing communities with enough water purification tablets to purify water used for domestic purposes. Ghana is now Cholera Free largely due to the quick action and sustained efforts of Global Communities, with support from USAID.

Cholera prevention campaign
A basic school pupil displaying Be Girl sanitary panty

Menstrual Hygiene Management

Global Communities Ghana has been implementing the school-based MHM since 2017 with funding from United States Agency for International Development (USAID). In partnership with Ghana Education Service—School Health Education Programme (SHEP), MHM education has reached 35 basic schools in six (6) regions in Ghana, namely: Savannah, Oti, Volta, Central, Western and Greater Accra Regions.

 

A basic school pupil displaying Be Girl sanitary panty
An elderly woman (flood victim) receiving a bucket with soap and other relief items

Distribution of relief items

In partnership with agencies such as National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), flood victims have been given hope. Relief items including water purification tablets, oral hygiene packs, menstrual hygiene panties, mattresses and soaps have been distributed to residents of some communities in the North-East and Upper West Regions, who have been experiencing floods caused by perennial rainfall and the overflow of the Bagre Dam in Burkina Faso. This intervention is an adopted initiative to give respite to those affected by natural disasters.

An elderly woman (flood victim) receiving a bucket with soap and other relief items
A female nurse washing her hands at a handwashing station.

WASH in Health Care Facilities (HCF)

Global Communities Ghana's vision is for all Ghanaians, regardless of the location of HCF staff and clients, to have sustainable access to dignified, safe and improved water supply and sanitation, and the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors needed to properly and hygienically use these facilities to meet their basic needs and stay healthy.

A female nurse washing her hands at a handwashing station.

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