LIFE Brings Clean Water to Over 1,600 People Across Ghana’s Eastern Region

In Ghana’s Eastern Region, clean water is not something everyone can take for granted. For decades, women and children in villages like Adieso Zongo and Atowkrom have risen before dawn, walking miles with buckets balanced on their heads to collect water from polluted streams. The trek was exhausting and dangerous, and the water they brought home often made their families sick. 

This year, Life for Relief and Development (LIFE) changed that reality for more than 1,600 people across three villages through the construction of new water wells equipped with hand pumps. Completed between June and August 2025, the wells now provide steady, clean water to families who once faced daily uncertainty. 

In Adieso Zongo, where over 650 residents depended on muddy runoff during the dry season, community elders described the new well as “life itself.” “All my life, I have seen our people struggle for water,” said one village elder. “Children fell ill, and some even died from dirty water. This well is more than just water; it is health, dignity, and hope.” 

In nearby Atowkrom, another 500 residents saw their daily routines transformed. For local farmers, the well brought relief from hardship. “Our animals are healthier, our food is cleaner, and our lives are easier,” one farmer said. “This project brought not just water but prosperity to our entire community.” 

At the third site, Abompe, more than 450 people now rely on a new pump that turns freely under children’s hands. A teenage student there summed up the difference in simple words: “Before this well, I often missed school because I had to fetch water. Now, I can focus on my studies. You have given us a future.” 

Beyond providing clean drinking water, the wells have reduced the risk of waterborne diseases, improved sanitation, and restored time once lost to long walks for unsafe water. Each project included community-led maintenance training, ensuring sustainability long after construction ended. 

Across Ghana’s Eastern Region, that change now flows freely from the ground, a source of resilience and hope that will serve generations to come.