GHANA RUBBER ESTATES LIMITED (GREL) has provided a
10-seat Kumasi Ventilated Improved Pit Latrine (KVIP) for the people of
Komanfokrom in the Ahanta West municipality of Western Region, valued at GH¢
284,000.
The facility, according to Nana Gyentsi Amoako X-
Chief of Komanfoman, is in response to an appeal made to the company a few
months ago. Also, he said, this is in line with the SDG Goal Target 6.2 – which
states “End open defecation and provide access to sanitation and hygiene for
all by 2030.”
This is quicker than we anticipated, and we are so
much overjoyed, most of the houses within this town do not have toilet facility
and the only KVIP we demand on is not in good shape at all. We thank GREL so
much for this gesture, and we hope other organizations will emulate this
example,” he added.
Nana Kwesi Agyeman IX, Paramount Chief of Lower
Dixcove Traditional Area, thanked GREL for its continued support in the
municipality. He said GREL has gained a reputation as a socially responsible
company that understands and responds to the needs of its host communities.
“GREL’s signature projects such as schools, social
and health centers, water, sanitation among others across the over 90
communities where it operates in the Western, Central and Eastern Regions of
Ghana are overwhelming.”
Nana Kwesi Agyeman IX, who is also Chairman of the
Association of Chiefs on whose land GREL operates (ACLANGO), commended the
people of Komanfokrom for their good relationship with the company all these
years. He urged the community to maintain the facility in order to ensure it
has a longer life span, saying “Appoint someone who will be taking a levy for
the project’s maintenance”.
Perry Acheampong, Corporate Affairs Manager of
GREL, thanked the chiefs, elders and people of Komanfokrom for their peaceful
coexistence with GREL. He commended the people of Komanfokrom for being with
the company all these years without agitation and urged other communities to
emulate the good example of Komanfokrom.
He urged the chief and the entire community of
Komanfokrom to help manage and maintain the facility, and promised there will
be more engagements between GREL and the community.
