Residents of Morovia Number One in the New Juaben South Municipality of the Eastern region Eastern Region have been relieved of years of water shortage following an intervention by the Koforidua Lodge.
The intervention has provided the community with access to potable water, bringing relief to residents who have, over the years, struggled to secure water for their daily activities.
For a long time, residents of Morovia NO.1 were forced to walk long distances in search of water, while others depended on unsafe sources to meet their household needs.
The situation, according to residents, affected their daily routines and placed an additional burden on women and children, who often had to spend several hours fetching water.
The Koforidua Lodge, through its yearly charity work intervened and has helped address the situation by providing a reliable mechanised borehole with an overhead tank.
Speaking with the media, at the commissioning of the facility, the Municipal Chief Executive Officer, Ransford Owusu Boakye said the community for some years has been grappling with water issues and that, the intervention by the Koforidua Lodge is timely and very critical to addressing the water problems in the area which should been have been the work of the Municipal Assembly, describing the move by the Lodge as a great relief to the Assembly.
He charged the residents to put measures in place to help ensure that, they generate revenue to undertake repair works anytime it develops basic faults.
The Wiseful Master of Koforidua Lodge, Wiseful Bro. Philip Appiah Kumi said their major belief and priority as freemans is to carry out charity works for humanity and that, as part of their annual charity support, they decided to provide portal water for the residents of Morovia NO.1 which for the past years have been grappling with serious water challenges. He stated that, after visiting the community for a need assessment, revealed the severity of the water crisis in the community which moved them to support.
He however pleaded with the residents in the community to keep the facility in a healthy condition to help prolong its lifespan.
The residents, sharing the ordeal they have endured for the past years, also expressed their appreciation to the organisation for responding to their plight.
