Gushiegu community gets solar system

A small home-based solar system has been installed for about 100 households at Kpahikpaba community and its environs in the Gushiegu District to supply electricity to the people.

A mechanised solar powered borehole has also been built to provide potable water for the community for their domestic use as well as serve as irrigation facility for dry season gardening and drinking points for livestock.


These facilities were provided by the Christian Children Fund of Canada (CCFC), an international-child centred non-government organisation with funding from the DUCA Financial Services Credit Union Limited.


Mr Mark Lukowski, Chief Executive Officer of CCFC, who is on a working visit to the country and inspected the facilities at Kpahikpaba on Monday, said they were to improve livelihoods of 100 resource poor households and 750 people in and around the community.


The project was a response to the needs of the people of Kpahikpaba who are not connected to the national grid, as well as lack access to adequate clean drinking water, which prevent residents from undertaking income generation activities and make it difficult for children to study and do homework.


Mr Lukowski urged members of the community to help maintain the project to improve their livelihood and the future of their children.


He commended DUCA Financial Services Credit Union Limited for recognising the growing need for efficient and reliable renewable energy in the developing world, saying the provision of the facilities would have “A significant and positive impact on the lives of children and families we support”.

Mrs Gifty Akosua Baka, Country Director of CCFC Ghana spoke about the impact of the project on the lives of the residents and urged them to invest in the education of their children.


Naa Ziblim Napari, Chief of Kpahikpaba pledged on behalf of his people to ensure the education of their children to give them a good future.


He thanked CCFC for coming to the aid of the community saying the facilities provided are vital for the well-being of the people.


Meanwhile, Mr Lukowski also interacted with beneficiaries of a skills training project implemented by CCFC and the Department for Foreign Affairs Trade and Development under the Canadian Fund for Local Initiative to end early forced marriages in the Gushiegu District.


The beneficiaries are young adults who were taken through a three-month project to acquire skills such as hairdressing amongst others, which would make them independent and self-sufficient to avoid being coerced into marriage.