Blog
Read more about our continued efforts
Field Visits and Practice Teaching
We scheduled an 8:30 am Ekorso Durbar where we received a beautiful blessing from a Chief. The blessing was realized when we went to schools in Ekoroso, Akwadum and Akwaduuso. We had such fun observing the SWEs practice their teaching skills and following up on school...
App Training and Practice!!
The BWF team was honored today to have the author of the BWF Cell Phone Survey Application, Sam Hammond, come explain and take feedback on the app. The app allows SWEs to record basic survey information, water test results and educational activities day-to-day. The...
Sabbaths Galore!!
Fulfillment, Love and Happiness Celebrating the Sabbath has never been so exciting. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meeting was first, with beautiful talks in Twi that were kindly interspersed with English translation. "Stay Focused on Christ; correct...
Make Way for Program Expansion
Today we cleaned and prepared what was for nearly ten years the World Joy Learning Center, for a new life. The World Joy constructed facility, located in Abomosu, will be used as a training center and as a storage location for the BWF expanding list of materials....
A New Training Center and Store!!
Another new development for Bright Water Foundation (BWF) is access to a lovely building previously used as a Library/Learning Center for World Joy activities in Abomosu. BWF Program growth in Atiwa West District has merited a place for staff training and a secure...
Sankubenase Expedition SWE Training May 20
May 2022 Expedition - Safe Water Educator Training If you want to meet honest, hardworking, community-minded people - you’ve got to come to Ghana and meet our Safe Water Educators. Stephanie Feller directed the training for our newly forged, dedicated group. Thanks to...
True Dedication
Does Wading through the mud after a torrential rain count as true dedication? That is exactly what our newest group of safe water educators and volunteers did to attend the first sessions of training. We are profoundly grateful for our Ghanaian team's determination to...
Settling In
We have arrived in Ghana!! Once we cleared Customs, went shopping for food, found our lovely quarters at the Accra LDS Tempe Patron Housing, and ate dinner, we literally dropped into bed!
Long Trip—Amazing Ghanaian People
It was such a long plane trip to Ghana, but the airports hold the gold. At LAX we kept running into a very nice lady with a huge smile. Amazingly she ended up being my seat mate to JFK. Where was she from??? Ghana - nonstop cultural introduction and laughter. She kept...
Celebrating Global Hand Washing Day in Atiwa West District
Since 2008, Global Handwashing Day has been celebrated annually on October 15 to promote handwashing with soap and water as an easy, effective, and affordable way to prevent disease and save lives. Studies have shown that handwashing with soap practiced at key...
Volunteers Share Their Stories
As a retired civil engineer, where most of my career has been in the water and wastewater services, my involvement with BWF has provided an opportunity to be part of a collaborative effort to demonstrate how safe drinking water can be a reality in the households of...
Local Residents Become Safe Water Educators
Isaac Attamah and Stephen Tetteh, local residents of Anomon Village, Atiwa West District, Eastern Region Ghana, were two of more than 20 Ghanains who trained as safe water educators and safe water volunteers at a recent training. A mixture of classroom and in-field...