World Vision Ghana has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Asunafo North Municipal and Asutifi North District Assemblies to provide universal water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure and services to targeted rural communities. The agreement, signed on September 24, 2026, in Goaso, aims to extend safely managed water and sanitation facilities to rural communities while promoting sustainable behavioural change and improved hygiene practices.
The partnership establishes a collaborative framework backed by pooled resources, technical expertise, labour and infrastructure support. The core objective is to provide safely managed water and sanitation facilities to targeted rural communities while promoting sustainable behavioural change and improved hygiene practices through Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) strategies. The initiative also focuses on building the capacity of district institutions and community structures for long-term operational sustainability.
Under the agreement, the Asunafo North Municipal and Asutifi North District Assemblies will facilitate community entry, mobilisation and leadership engagement. They will also contribute locally available resources, support the maintenance and sustainability of WASH infrastructure, participate in capacity-building sessions and enforce local by-laws that promote sanitation and hygiene. World Vision Ghana will provide technical expertise, training, and financial and material resources to drive project implementation.
World Vision Ghana will also ensure that safeguarding, gender inclusion and social accountability mechanisms are in place, while leading overall project monitoring, reporting and evaluation activities. The organisation's Manager for Universal Service Coverage (USC) for WASH, Cephas Wedam, outlined several key sustainability mechanisms built into the agreement, including a Professional Management Model and a Repayable Financing Fund designed to scale up investment in WASH infrastructure.
The initiative will integrate community-focused programmes such as the Nurturing Care Group (NCG) framework and the Sesame WASH Up hygiene programme. Joshua Baidoo, Acting National Director of World Vision Ghana, said the ultimate goal was to guarantee access to safely managed water for every community across the two districts. He emphasised that formalising the partnership and pooling resources was the surest strategy to achieve at least 90 per cent access to WASH services by the end of the project lifecycle.
Robel Wamisho, World Vision’s Associate Director for WASH, urged all stakeholders to leverage the MoU as an active platform to strengthen collaboration. He said working together remained vital to improving WASH services and ensuring lasting sustainability for residents in the various communities. Representing the Asunafo North Municipal and Asutifi North District Assemblies, Coordinating Directors Benjamin Owusu Afriyie and Abdul-Aziz Gafaru pledged their full commitment to the intervention to ensure universal WASH coverage.
The MoU signing ceremony marks a significant step towards achieving universal WASH coverage in the Ahafo districts. With the partnership in place, World Vision Ghana and the district assemblies can now work together to address the WASH needs of rural communities. The initiative is expected to have a positive impact on the lives of residents in the districts, improving their health, well-being and overall quality of life.
Key points
- World Vision Ghana partners with Ahafo districts to deliver universal WASH services
- Partnership aims to achieve at least 90 per cent access to WASH services
- Initiative focuses on sustainability, capacity building and community engagement
