{"id":395506,"date":"2017-06-13T14:27:36","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T14:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/13\/low-income-community-residents-receive-grant-to-construct-toilets-at-half-price\/"},"modified":"2017-06-13T14:27:36","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T14:27:36","slug":"low-income-community-residents-receive-grant-to-construct-toilets-at-half-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/13\/low-income-community-residents-receive-grant-to-construct-toilets-at-half-price\/","title":{"rendered":"Low income community residents receive grant to construct toilets at half price"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<!--               \n\n<div class=\"in-ad\">\n\n\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1495043641385-0' style='height:250px; width:300px;'>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n              <\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p>Residents in low income communities in the Greater Accra region are set to benefit from a grant which will make it possible for them to construct toilet facilities in their homes, for half the price.<\/p>\n<p>The Sanitation and water project, which is being funded by the World Bank with a grant of $150 million will be used to support households who depend on public toilets.<\/p>\n<p>The project is being facilitated by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly and funded by the World Bank through the International Development Agency.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline.com_InArticle_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Since its inception in 2014, the project has seen to the construction of some 1,000 toilets for households across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana has been ranked the second in Africa in open defecation with 19 percent of the country\u2019s population resorting to this unhealthy practice.<\/p>\n<p>Governance and Accountability Specialist for the Accra Metropolitan Area, Frederick Danquah says the project is ready to support thousands of households in the Region.<\/p>\n<p>He said the project is dubbed \u201cToilet at Half Price.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe strategy was to sensitise the community to appreciate the need to have a toilet in their homes because not having it is against the by-laws of the assembly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo any toilet you want to build in your home, we will pay 50 percent,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, bemoaned the low patronage the project has been plagued with since its inception and urged residents in low-income communities to take advantage of the project.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents in low income communities in the Greater Accra region are set to benefit from a grant which will make it possible for them to construct toilet facilities in their homes, for half the price. 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