Mafi-Zongo Water Management

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Expansion of the Water Project empowers new leaders

The expansion of Mafi-Zongo water project has encouraged new, young, dynamic local leadership to emerge.

We are proud to have taken the big step of dividing the management of the project into two zones, North and South. This process started at the end of last year and the administrative functions have improved significantly.

The zone coordinators, Willy Sattey, the Youth Leader from Adanu, for the North, and William Atsu, headman of Sitorlokope, for the South, are doing a really great job. Monthly meetings are held with almost full attendance, demonstrating the enthusiasm and participation of the communities.

The new management structure has been extremely successful

The revenue collection, which was also divided between the two zones, is regular now, and the project has been able to start saving some money in the bank - a promising step towards economic stability and sustainability. We are also very happy to see so many new young people from the communities getting involved and taking positions of leadership in the project.

Willy Sattey, coordinator for the Northern zone, is a fine example of a leader committed to a cause greater than himself, greater than his family, and greater than his own community. He is now leading the way in dozens of villages. He says, that speaking truth, whether good or bad, has always helped him and that's why the elders trust him to lead, in spite of his young age.