Forty-one wells have been constructed in remote villages in the Northern Region to improve on water supply to the people in those communities.
The project was initiated last year by two non-governmental organisations (NGOs); the Save the Mothers Trust (SMT), based in the United Kingdom and The Light Foundation (TLF), based in Ghana, to improve the living conditions of the people, particularly widows and orphans.
Other initiatives undertaken by the NGOs include the distribution of sheep, food items, used clothing, stationery and confectionery to widows, orphans and schoolchildren in Tamale and its environs.
The leader of a three-member team from the SMT, UK that visited Ghana to inspect the projects, Mr Mohammed Shahid, noted that the sheep were given to the widows to enable them go into animal rearing as a means of earning a livelihood.
He expressed the hope that with the cooperation of the TLF, more projects would be established in the north.
According to him, the aim of the SMT was to, among other things, provide potable water to deprived communities, as well as help promote self-reliance through education and providing food aid to the vulnerable in society.
The team, upon the request of the Chief Executive Officer of the TLF, Alhaji Ali Abubakar Napari, later visited the Ibn Abass Primary School and distributed cookies to the pupils.
They also visited the Islamic Primary School in Tamale, where the SMT had finalised arrangements with the school authorities to support the school with desks, school uniforms, computers, library books and stationery to make the school more conducive for learning.
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