Rotary Global grant 25922 impacted the lives of 24,646 people in two different regions of Ghana. The project included a partnership between two host Rotary Clubs: Sunyani Central and the newly chartered Bolgatanga Goodwill Rotary Club. We drilled thirty-one new boreholes and wells and repaired five wells. This is the third grant that has worked to impact people suffering from neglected tropical diseases like Buruli Ulcer. The project focused on Ghana in West Africa. The total grant budet was $146,660. We drilled seventeen new boreholes and dug fourteen wells and repaired five wells.

1. Changing Lives in Ghana
with Clean Water Projects
Global Grant 25922
Walter Hughes
WalterKHughes@gmail.com

2. What was accomplished?
• Impacted lives of 24,646 people
• Drilled 31 new & repaired 5 wells
• Continued work to help people
suffering from neglected tropical
disease called Buruli Ulcer
• Worked in Ghana in West Africa
• Excellent partnerships with NGOs,
health departments & Rotarians

3. Rotary Film Crew Documented
Grant for Sydney Convention

4. Buruli Ulcer is Neglected
Tropical Disease in Africa

5. Drill New Boreholes and Wells
• Drill 17 new boreholes
• Dug 14 new wells
• Repaired 5 broken
wells and boreholes

6. Why include Buruli Ulcer?
• “Hometown” disease for Rotarians
• Flesh eating disease
• In same family as leprosy and
tuberculosis
• Rotary has made a difference
• We are bringing hope and better
health to the poor in Ghana

7. What was accomplished to
reduce impact of disease?
• Trained 30 doctors and nurses how to
diagnose and treat Buruli Ulcer
• Trained 221 community healthcare
worker volunteers to spot disease
• Helped 45 patients with antibiotics
and physical therapy
• Raised awareness in 56 communities
about skin diseases and Buruli Ulcer

8. We Are Changing Lives of
People with Buruli Ulcer
Before
Treatment
After
Treatment

9. Reducing Disease in Ghana
in Asunafo South District
• Put new & repaired wells in villages
with sick people
• Covered district with clean water
• Prototyped care for Buruli Ulcer
Year People with Buruli
2011 74
2012 45
2013 5

10. Large Rotary Team from Four
Countries Raised $147,660!
• Rotarians from 27 clubs in nine (9)
districts partnered together.
• Clubs in Virginia, Arizona, Tennessee, New
York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Florida,
South Africa, Ghana, and Ontario & Québec
in Canada teamed together
• Foundation in Switzerland provided grant, too
• Leader was Water Hughes, D7570 Grants
Chair

11. What’s next in Ghana?
• Raising funds for next grant 11685 to:
• Drill new boreholes
• Repair existing boreholes
• Repair two mechanized small town water systems
• Provide bathrooms for homes, schools & hospitals
• Start micro-credit loans
• Install computer labs into schools
• Continue effort with Buruli Ulcer disease
• Contact Walter Hughes to join effort