By Abena K.
Before the borehole, Abena walked nearly two hours each morning to collect water for her family, often missing the start of the school day.
"Now the water is five minutes from my house," she says. "I get to school on time, and my mother has time to work in the market in the mornings instead of walking with me."
Abena’s village was one of the first nine communities reached by the Tamale Borehole Network. She is now in her final year of junior secondary school and hopes to become a nurse.
After eleven months of construction, the rebuilt classroom blocks and new library were formally handed over to the school and the community it serves.
Following the success of the first nine boreholes, SSEED Ghana is expanding the clean water network to five additional villages in the Northern Region.
Our latest report details a year of programme growth, from 28 to 35 active projects, along with full financial transparency on how every donation was used.