SaniPath Project Launch: Kumasi, Ghana

In partnership with Training, Research and Networking for Development (TREND) Group, the SaniPath Project was launched in Kumasi, Ghana in July ’18. This project involves TREND conducting training of Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) members and performing project management activities for a deployment in 4 neighborhoods throughout Kumasi. KMA will be conducting the fieldwork and collaborating with Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to perform laboratory analyses. These activities are part of the establishment of TREND as a SaniPath Training Hub for the West-African region.

Formation of the SaniPath Advisory Board Committee

The SaniPath Tool has been developed through rigorous research by Dr. Christine Moe and her team at the Emory University’s Center for Global Safe Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene. However, to date, there has been limited application of the tool and use of the information gathered to inform investments and interventions aimed at improving sanitation.

In order to improve the SaniPath Tool, the Emory team formed an Advisory Committee to seek input on how to effectively use the findings and recommendations from the SaniPath Tool to influence urban sanitation investments, policies, and programs to benefit the urban poor. The Advisory Committee is made up of leaders in the urban sanitation field from development banks, universities, and funding agencies as well as government programmers, practitioners, and policy makers.

Team Member Spotlight: David Berendes

Please have a look at this piece by the Rollins Department of Environmental Health on SaniPath’s David Berendes: In the Field With: David Berendes. The feature highlights David’s specific WASH-related interests and his work for SaniPath in Vellore, India, complete with photos from his trip.

Follow David on Twitter here: @bdes21