2021 Water Access Now Progress Report

This past year, Water Access Now (WAN) provided funding of $250,000 for the construction of 20 boreholes, one limited mechanized water system, and two small water businesses (using simple chlorination treatment), across five districts in Ghana namely Nabdam, Mamprugu Moaduri, Gushiegu, Karaga and Saboba. 

Since 2007, WAN and CRS have supported over 220 health facilities, schools, and communities to gain access to safe drinking water in the Northern, Upper East, Upper West, and Oti Regions. To date, WAN has provided over $2,132,733 to support the provision of safe water supply through the construction and rehabilitation of boreholes, including limited mechanized boreholes, and simple water treatment sites (i.e., at communities with poor ground water potential and without an improved source to drinking water). 

Explore the map of our completed Ghana water projects. Read the full Water Access Now 2021 Progress Report.

Water For Thought

IRA? RMD? WAN!

At 71, we must begin taking our required minimum distribution from our IRA accounts. This is taxable income. But what if you don't need the money to live on?

If you make donations directly from your IRA account to Water Access Now, it bypasses your income stream and comes to a place where someone DOES NEED THE MONEY TO LIVE ON. It provides clean water in villages. And it is also a charitable contribution.

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CRS Ghana New Country Representative

A great meeting online with partner CRS in Ghana. Amazing news forthcoming but for now, we'd like to introduce Ghana's new CRS leadership, Daniel Mumuni.

Daniel leads operations throughout the country working to advance CRS' mission to serve the poor and vulnerable. Daniel previously worked as Chief of Party for the McGovern-Dole Food for Education Program in Sierra Leone, where he oversaw activites including teacher trainings, nutrition lessons, food distributions, and school feeding for more than 30,000 students.

Prior to joining CRS, Daniel served as the Africa regional technical advisor for the Global Child Nutrition Foundation and as the West Africa regional director for the Imperial College of London's Partnership for Child Development. With a long-standing commitment to international and community development, Daniel has dedicated the last 15 years to working to advance programs and partnerships in the United States, Europe and Africa.

Daniel lives with his wife and two daughters in Accra, Ghana.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Food Aid, Food Crisis, Food Distribution, Food for Education, Global Hunger, School Feeding Programs, World Hunger

EDUCATION

Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

Master of Laws

University of Amsterdam

M.S., International Development Studies

University of Ghana

B.A., Psychology

B.A., Sociology

Your Donation Goes Even Further!

Now your donation goes even further to provide clean water to those in need. For the rest of 2020, Water From Wine is offering an additional $5/bottle as a donation for every bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon. If you purchase a bottle of Cab for $30, Water From Wine will donate $35 to Water Access Now. If you purchase a case of our label for $360, Water Access Now will receive $420!

Try our 2015 custom label with Water From Wine. Water From Wine funds water projects through selling bottles of local wine grown on six acres of Cabernet Sauvignon at Sandpiper Farms in Paterson, Washington. Have a bottle (or two) by ordering our special Water Access Now label for home or for a gift. 

Water From Wine is now able to ship to the following States: We are now able to ship to the following states:  Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, Wisconsin, Wyoming

2019-2020 Update

2019 Summary Update….In 2019 we reached over 25,000 people through the implementation of 28 new boreholes installed for 10 health clinics, 13 shared communities, and 5 schools in Northern Ghana in 2019! Explore our 165 boreholes to date!