HEIL-BRONNEN für Ghana e.V. Helping others to help themselves Charity project.
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HEIL-BRONNEN für Ghana e.V.
Helping others to help themselveswww.heilbronnen-fuer-ghana.de
Charity project
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History of this project• Charity was founded in 1991 as a consequence
of a donation campaign of the 1250-year anniversary of Heilbronn
• 600.000 Euro invested in well projects• 80 wells built so far• 2 well technicians trained• Networks with „Developent Office“ in Kumasi
for maintenance and selection of suitable sites
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Ghana – country and population
Ghana Germany
Area 238.537km² 357.112km²
Population ca. 24 Mio ca. 82 Mio
Population density 100 / km² 229 / km²
HDI³ 0,467 0,885
GDP/inhabitant$671 nominal
$1551 PPP$40.875 nominal
$34.212 PPP
Government Parlament. Democracy Parlament. Democracy
Capital Accra Berlin
[3] Human Development Index, indicative of prosperity set by the UN
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Water means health
Worldwide
• 884 million people are without access to clean drinking water• More than 2,6 billion people are without basic sanitary supply• 1,5 million children under 5 die due to diseases caused by bad
water and sanitary conditions• 443 million school days are lost
In 2010 the supply of drinking water was declared as a human right by the United Nations
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Ghana• 4,2 million have no access to clean drinking water• More than 20 million people have no access to a basic sanitary
supply• 72 of 1000 children die until they are 5 years old (in comparison to
Germany: 4 of 1000)
(Figures 2008, source Worldbank, World Development Indicators database, December 2010)