The Pocatello Rotary Club is celebrating the completion of its first-ever Global Grant: Three Water Wells in Ghana! They have been working on this project with their partner club in Africa, The Accra Legon East Rotary Club in Ghana. The project has taken nearly 3 1/2 years. The three wells funded by the grant will provide clean water and WASH support for two large public boarding schools in rural Ghana. The schools are located in the villages of Somanya and Agomeda.
These impoverished schools serve over 1500 students and staff who live on campus. Until now, neither school has had a reliable water source. Agomeda School is a girls' school serving 770 young women. Somanya Technical Institute is a trade school serving 672 high school students, both boys and girls. Please enjoy a short 3-minute video on the commissioning celebration by clicking here.
To watch a more in-depth 7-minute report about the Somanya Technical Institute, click here.