Award winning Ghanaian-Nigerian actress, Yvonne Okoro, has inaugurated a borehole at Walewale community, putting an end to their 3km daily trek to source drinkable water.
In a small town of Walewale, the people of Wungu for decades have embarked on a daily 3km walk to fetch drinkable water to feed their families. However, during the week, the award winning actress, inaugurated a borehole for the use of this community with historic roots.
According to information, lack of access to clean drinking water has plagued the people of Wungu and neighbouring communities. Prior to this inaugurate, the locals drank from open holes dug in the sand of dry riverbeds with its contents invariably contaminated. But with the actress’ decision to sink a borehole there, the community now has a healthy source of water supply.
“We hope this will trigger more discussions on how to help more rural communities. Lack of safe drinking water is one of the world’s leading problems. We want to put an end to clean water scarcity in West Africa,” the actress said during the inaugurating.
She also revealed that it is estimated that this borehole will change the lives of over 5,000 people and with continued support of the entertainment industry and Africa World Airlines, stating that this is a first in a series of initiatives targeted at helping women and children in Nigeria and Ghana.
The inauguration ended with a Nursery School visit where she spoke to the youngsters about ‘dreaming big’ and not being defined by their current circumstances.
Walewale is a small town and the capital of West Mamprusi district in the Northern region of Ghana.
