Residents of Kukua Aketebo in the Suhum Municipality of the Eastern Region have expressed worries over the lack of portable drinking water in the area. The problem according to residents has compelled them to compete with animals in a stream river as a livelihood source of water.
The situation to some larger extent has brought health implications to residents in the community. It's so insulting that a community of municipal status; people still resort to stream water as their source of survival.
''We have been using the stream water with the animals for decades now because we use the stream water to drink, cook, and wash among other house duties because we have no choice''. They lamented.
It is sad to note that human beings still struggle to have access to potable water in this era of Covid-19 pandemic when water is pivotal in the fight of the novel COVID-19.
Some of the residents registered their grievances with the Damak Sanitation Watch and Health in the community appealing to the government of Ghana and non-governmental organizations to come to their aid by providing them with portable drinking water.
The situation is so albatross that the assemblyman of the community, John Addo Benkoe said to have done nothing. He contended that it's affecting the community where health risks are so high because the stream water is daily populated by the animals and this has to be a problem confronting the development of the community. Hence, he appealed passionately to the government, the Member of Parliament for the area and the Municipal Chief Executive to provide a drilling borehole to help reduce health challenges among residents.
Speaking to DAMAK Sanitation Watch and Health when the team visited the community, John Addo Benkoe the assemblyman revealed that they have not benefited from any COVID-19 support when the government was distributing the Covid-19 incentives including the free water supply by president Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo during the lockdown period.
Having considered the magnitude and trauma residents went through, we (DAMAK Sanitation Watch and Health deem it a privilege to use this opportunity on behalf of the people of the Kukua community appealing to the government of Ghana, NGO's, MP for Suhum constituency, Hon. Frederick Opare Ansah and the Suhum municipal chief executive officer Margaret Darko stepped into the matter to provide potable water to the community.
