Blog #108: Project Grant to Saha Global

A $10,000 AllPeopleBeHappy Project Grant has been awarded to Saha Global for a clean water project in northern Ghana.  Saha Global’s mission is to reduce waterborne disease in impoverished rural villages where the water supply comes from stagnant ponds.  Saha Global sets up entrepreneurial women with a chlorinating business that provides clean water at a price that all can afford.  They provide the women with equipment (three 200L drums, one 1,000L polytank, metal stand, chlorine tablets, and multiple Safe Storage Container (SSC), one for each village family) that uses locally available materials, train the women on how to run the business, mentor them over time, and closely monitor the water quality and consumption for 5 years.  Since its founding in 2008, Saha Global has opened 100 water businesses that provide jobs to 256 women in rural Ghana and clean water to 48,174 people.  The AllPeopleBeHappy grant will support the opening of 6 new water businesses in the East Gonja District.  These businesses will provide clean water to approximately 2,400 people in the next year.