Eight out of 10 people without access to clean water live in rural areas, and nearly half of them live in Sub-Saharan Africa. (UNICEF)
Support from a local physician was essential for our work from both medical and administrative standpoints. Ghana was selected for the first round of projects, in part because of Nathan and Linda’s connection to Dr. Sampson Antwi, a Ghanaian pediatrician.
Antwi is a renowned professor of pediatric nephrology on staff at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, and holds an academic position at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology. Possessing first-hand knowledge of the crisis through his clinical work, he was also instrumental in helping us identify several villages in the region which were in great need.
Another member of our board, Seth Johnson, RN, is originally from Ghana and has facilitated important relationships with local leaders and the major hospital in the Ada region.
Ghana
2015
May: Kumi, Achiase, and Boahenkwaa, near Kumasi. These three villages were the first recipients of the NUF500 system.
2016
June: Pediatorkop, Alorkpem, Baitrenya, and Adjim, near Big Ada. Three estuarial island villages in the Big Ada region in Accra — where the Volta river meets the Gulf of Guinea — received NUF500 systems.
November: Aflive, and Kewuse, near Big Ada. The third group of installations took place in three more Big Ada island villages.
2018
July: Baitrinya, Anazome, Alewusedekorpe, and Agamakorpe, near Big Ada esturial islands
2019
June: Kpetsukpanya, Tuanikorpe, Aflive Korpengua, and Amekustekorpe, near Ada Esturial Islands. Along with Bonwire.
Bonwire, Nyameani Basic School, Nyameani Clinic, and Abono Basic School near Kumasi. Madagascar and Kodidi near the Afram Plains. Monkrate and Kudorkorpe near Dambai.
September: Zinga Island (Uganda)
2020
January: Madagascar (Ghana) and Kodidi
May: Monkrate and Kudorkorpe
2021
October: Kampala (Babies Uganda)
Agbokakpanya, Barikuma, Nwaadan, Nkubeta, Osunudompe, Agorkpo, Amesikpiem, Matetsekope/Ablatsekope, Alorkpiem Site B, Kpestukpanya Site B, and Weija -Tomefa
2022
May: Sinthian and the Sinthian School, Koar and the Koar School (Senegal)
Future Project Sites
We will be serving over 30,000 new lives with 64 new devices to provide purified and safe drinking water to in a rural community with no access to electricity. Outside of the country of Ghana, numerous regions have been presented to us for new project sites. These include:
Ashanti Region
Easy Water for Everyone has developed a relationship with two NGOs in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. A total of 9 NUF500s will be installed in 2023. Both NGOs have well-established work efforts related to healthcare, water, and education.
Greater accra region
Easy Water for Everyone has developed a partnership within the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. A total of 8 NUF500s will be installed in 2023.
Community Impact
At all project sites, the quality of life of the villagers was changed dramatically by having pure drinking water. In all our return visits, mothers have come to tell us what a difference the pure water has made in their lives, particularly in reducing or eliminating illness such as diarrhea in their small children. Also, teachers indicate that students are now rarely sent home from school due to diarrhea.
