2026 JoyNews Impact Maker Award winner brings clean water to Yoko Tsume after years of cattle dugout dependence
Residents of Yorkutime in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region now have access to clean and reliable drinking water after years of relying on a dugout originally constructed for cattle. For years, the community had no dependable source of potable water, forcing residents to share the greenish water in the dugout with livestock. The situation became even more difficult during the dry…
The community of Yorkutime in the North Tongu District, Volta Region, has gained access to potable water after decades of relying on a cattle-dugout. For years, residents shared the murky water with livestock, a situation exacerbated during dry seasons when some had to travel up to 10 kilometers by motorcycle to find water. Senyo Success Gbormittah, a 2026 JoyNews Impact Maker Award winner in Education and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), visited Yorkutime in February 2026 and was appalled by the water source's condition.
The dugout, originally built for cattle, had no alternative for the community, which had no other choice but to share the water with animals. Hope for Ghana, in collaboration with Ingoma Living Waters, constructed a mechanised borehole that will provide the community with a dependable and cleaner source of water. Gbormittah described the intervention as a transformative change, noting that the community will no longer drink the previously contaminated water.
The Yorkutime representative expressed gratitude to Hope for Ghana and its partners, emphasizing that the new water source will protect children from health risks and eliminate reliance on unsafe water.
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