KWABIA TEYI ENJOYS POTABLE WATER (PAGE 35, AUGUST 12, 2010)

THE inhabitants of Kwabia Teyi, a small farming community and 15 other scattered farming settlements near Asesewa in the Upper Manya Krobo District in the Eastern Region heaved a sigh of relief at the weekend.
The reason is that, the area, the most deprived in the district where the people and cattle compete for drinking water from the same unwholesome source, now has potable water, a borehole provided by the Maranatha Power Ministries, a religious organisation.
At the inaugural ceremony for the project, which brought together pastors and members of the church both in Ghana and abroad, the villagers sang and danced for hours, demonstrating their joy for the provision of the facility.
According to them, they had for years depended on unwholesome water which they shared with cattle as a result of which they contracted water-borne diseases.
They, therefore, expressed their appreciation to the Maranatha Power Ministries for providing the facility.
The General Overseer of Maranatha Power Ministries, Rev. Francis Afotey Odai, said the church, which had established a branch in the area, had to provide the people with potable water to alleviate their suffering.
He stressed that the church did not only seek the spiritual welfare of its members, but also their physical need.
Rev. Afotey stated that his organisation would also inaugurate another borehole it sunk for the people of Kwasi Tenten near Nsawam this week, and urged the beneficiaries of the facilities to take good care of them.
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Upper Manya Krobo, Mr Joseph Tetteh Angmor, who witnessed the ceremony, said about 30 more villages in the area would also be provided with water pumped from the nearby Volta Lake.
He said the government was doing its best to alleviate poverty in the area through long-term programmes such as the capitation grant, free meals and school uniforms for pupils in first cycle educational institutions, as well as other interventions.
The DCE, therefore, called on the people to support the government in completing its development agenda to make life worth living for all, especially those in deprived communities.