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-'''What'''
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 EcoSan Ghana is now working on building [http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=Composting_toilet dry-composting toilets], and has succesfully drilled for water in [http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=Modaso Modaso], [http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=Tekyekrom Tekyekrom] and [http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=Kwameprekrom Kwameprekrom], using a human powered percussion drill tower. As the ground water in Kwameprekrom appeared to be contaminated by sewage water, we are building a spirulina raceway to purify the water. Future projects are planned in Adasewase, Obompe, Nsutem, Anyinam, Anyinam-Ankaase and Bunso. ([http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=Beleidsplan Beleidsplan])
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-'''The Money'''
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-All expenses are 100% public. But only the refunded/refundable expenses are listed (paid for by EcoSan Ghana). Not the non-refundable (paid for by volunteers). Nobody on [http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=EcoSan_board the board of direction] gets a salary. Not a single cent. No expenses are refunded regarding time, travelling, webhosting, fundraising etc. Even if one of them goes to inspect the projects, he/she buys his/her own plane ticket, and this money is not refunded. It is all for the good cause. No salaries are paid, whatsoever. The ONLY costs paid for, are costs made for directly getting the job done; building materials (cement, steel rebars, etc) and equipment (pipes, pumps, etc). The costs (for EcoSan Ghana) of each project are listed on the "[http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=Accounting accounting page]", and are specified on the page dedicated to that project.
+All expenses are 100% public. But only the refunded/refundable expenses are listed (paid for by EcoSan Ghana). Not the non-refundable (paid for by volunteers). Nobody on [http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=EcoSan_board the board of direction] gets a salary. Not a single cent. No expenses are refunded regarding time, travelling, webhosting, fundraising etc. Even if one of them goes to inspect the projects, he/she buys his/her own plane ticket, and this money is not refunded. It is all for the good cause. No salaries are paid, unless for manual labour and land guards.
 Please [http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=Donate Make a donation]
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-'''Cheap or Durable?'''
+==Cheap or Durable?==
 It is said that durable is better, because standard water pumps break down within a few years. That is because in practise, proper, regular maintenance is often simply not doable, because all money locally available is used for investing in things directly related to their own food, such as seeds etc. It is about survival of the individual, and his/her family. Less about something that the community as a whole needs. The ultimate durable waterpump is the [http://www.fairwater.org/ Fairwater Blue Pump]. They do not come more rigid than that. It costs 2500 euro to replace a dysfunctioning pump with a BluePump. But even the BluePump needs some maintenance. And you can buy a cast iron water pump in China for 50 euro. So, for 2500 euro, you can buy 50 pumps in China. For just a little over 100 euro, you can buy a more durable [http://www.clasal.be/nl/gietijzeren-handpomp-59.htm Clasal cast iron pump], in Belgium. For boreholes deeper than 9 meters, we need [http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=Solar_Waterpump solar powered waterpumps, which cost a little over 400 euro per set]. This means that if you adopt a network of waterpumps, it is far more cost effective to replace any dysfunctioning pump with a cheap new one, than doing maintenance, repairs and/or install the BluePump. This also means that you can never abandon the pump that you installed, but that was already true. That is why we are working on a manageable network of pumps, so that a dysfunctioning pump is readily replaced with a new one. Hence only the districts of Atiwa, Fanteakwa, and Upper Denkyira East for starters.

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 According to [http://www.unicef.org/media/media_68359.html Unicef], worldwide every day about 1800 children (under the age of 5) die as the result of contaminated water and unhygienic sanitation.

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−	EcoSan Ghana is now working on building [http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=Composting_toilet dry-composting toilets], and has succesfully drilled for water in [http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=Modaso Modaso], [http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=Tekyekrom Tekyekrom] and Kwameprekrom, using a human powered percussion drill tower. As the ground water appeared to be contaminated by ~~seweage~~ water, we are building a spirulina raceway to purify the water. Future projects are planned in Adasewase, Obompe, Nsutem, Anyinam, Anyinam-Ankaase and Bunso. ([http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=Beleidsplan Beleidsplan])	+	EcoSan Ghana is now working on building [http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=Composting_toilet dry-composting toilets], and has succesfully drilled for water in [http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=Modaso Modaso], [http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=Tekyekrom Tekyekrom] and [http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=Kwameprekrom Kwameprekrom], using a human powered percussion drill tower. As the ground water in Kwameprekrom appeared to be contaminated by sewage water, we are building a spirulina raceway to purify the water. Future projects are planned in Adasewase, Obompe, Nsutem, Anyinam, Anyinam-Ankaase and Bunso. ([http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=Beleidsplan Beleidsplan])

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	'''The Money'''		'''The Money'''

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 [[Image:Composting_toilet.jpg|thumb|left| [http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=Composting_toilet Dry composting toilet]]]
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-[[Image:manager-5.jpg|thumb|left| Nicholas Ofori-Atta, the local manager]]
+[[Image:manager-5.jpg|thumb|left| Nicholas Ofori-Atta, a local manager]]
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 '''What'''
-EcoSan Ghana is now working on building [http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=Composting_toilet dry-composting toilets], and has succesfully drilled for water in [http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=Modaso Modaso] and [http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=Tekyekrom Tekyekrom], using a human powered percussion drill tower. All projects are locally managed by Nicholas Ofori-Atta. Future projects are planned in Adasewase, Obompe, Nsutem, Anyinam, Anyinam-Ankaase and Bunso. ([http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=Beleidsplan Beleidsplan])
+EcoSan Ghana is now working on building [http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=Composting_toilet dry-composting toilets], and has succesfully drilled for water in [http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=Modaso Modaso], [http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=Tekyekrom Tekyekrom] and Kwameprekrom, using a human powered percussion drill tower. As the ground water appeared to be contaminated by seweage water, we are building a spirulina raceway to purify the water. Future projects are planned in Adasewase, Obompe, Nsutem, Anyinam, Anyinam-Ankaase and Bunso. ([http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=Beleidsplan Beleidsplan])
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 '''The Money'''
-All expenses are 100% public. But only the refunded/refundable expenses are listed (paid for by EcoSan Ghana). Not the non-refundable (paid for by volunteers). Nobody on [http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=EcoSan_board the board of direction] gets a salary. Not a single cent. No expenses are refunded regarding time, travelling, webhosting, fundraising etc. Even if one of them goes to inspect the projects, he/she buys his/her own plane ticket, and this money is not refunded. It is all for the good cause. The ONLY costs paid for, are costs made for directly getting the job done; building materials (cement, steel rebars, etc), equipment (pipes, pumps, etc) and paying dayworkers for labour (drilling, building). The costs (for EcoSan Ghana) of each project are listed on the "[http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=Accounting accounting page]", and are specified on the page dedicated to that project.
+All expenses are 100% public. But only the refunded/refundable expenses are listed (paid for by EcoSan Ghana). Not the non-refundable (paid for by volunteers). Nobody on [http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=EcoSan_board the board of direction] gets a salary. Not a single cent. No expenses are refunded regarding time, travelling, webhosting, fundraising etc. Even if one of them goes to inspect the projects, he/she buys his/her own plane ticket, and this money is not refunded. It is all for the good cause. No salaries are paid, whatsoever. The ONLY costs paid for, are costs made for directly getting the job done; building materials (cement, steel rebars, etc) and equipment (pipes, pumps, etc). The costs (for EcoSan Ghana) of each project are listed on the "[http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=Accounting accounting page]", and are specified on the page dedicated to that project.
 Please [http://www.waiwiki.org/index.php?title=EcoSan_board#Donate make a donation]

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 EcoSan is short for "Ecological Sanitation".
-EcoSan Ghana is an Amsterdam-based non-profit NGO ([http://www.ecosanghana.org/Kvk.pdf KvK #7433316] ; [http://www.ecosanghana.org/Taxes.JPG RSIN #856987682]) that aims at providing ecological toilets and clean water supply to rural Ghana (see [http://www.ecosanghana.org/Legislative_Act.pdf Legislative Act]), for now particularly in Atiwa, Fanteakwa, and Upper Denkyira East.
+EcoSan Ghana is an Amsterdam-based non-profit NGO ([http://www.ecosanghana.org/Kvk.pdf KvK #7433316] ; [http://www.ecosanghana.org/Taxes.JPG RSIN #856987682]) with [http://www.ecosanghana.org/ANBI.html ANBI status] that aims at providing ecological toilets and clean water supply to rural Ghana (see [http://www.ecosanghana.org/Legislative_Act.pdf Legislative Act]), for now particularly in Atiwa, Fanteakwa, and Upper Denkyira East.
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