World Bank Managing Director Commends Progress of GARID Project
The Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer of the World Bank, Mr. Wencai Zhang, has praised the significant progress made under the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project during a monitoring visit to key project sites in Accra. Accompanied by a team of World Bank officials, Mr. Zhang toured several intervention areas, including […]
President Mahama Inspects GARID Project Sites, Urges Swift Action as Rainy Season Nears
The President of Ghana, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, embarked on an inspection tour of key intervention sites under GARID Project. The tour was part of the government’s push to address Accra’s perennial flooding and enhance urban infrastructure across the capital. The President’s visit covered several critical sites, including Achimota-Abofu, where work is ongoing to […]
World Bank Vice President Lauds Progress of GARID Project
A high-level delegation from the World Bank has lauded the progress of the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project during a monitoring tour of selected project sites this week. Led by Lisa Rosen, Vice President for Ethics and Internal Justice at the World Bank Group, the delegation included Robert Taliercio O’Brien, Country Director […]
World Bank Applauds Progress of GARID Project Interventions
The World Bank Country Director for Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, Mr. Robert Taliercio O’Brien, has commended the progress in the implementation of interventions under the GARID Project during a working visit to selected project sites across the capital. The visit aimed at assessing the implementation of key interventions under the GARID Project, which […]
GARID Assemblies Trained in the use of Digital Tools for Refuse Mapping
The Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project has organized a capacity-building training workshop for Environmental Health and Physical Planning Officers on developing refuse maps. The initiative seeks to empower beneficiary municipal assemblies with the necessary knowledge and skills to leverage information technology for identifying waste hotspots and creating refuse maps to enhance solid […]
GARID Project Trains Sanitation Committees in Upcycling
The Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) project has successfully organized a training workshop on upcycling for newly established sanitation committees, a group of community volunteers supporting the GARID project’s solid waste management initiatives in five of its 17 beneficiary assemblies. The initiative aimed to provide participants with insights into the economic value of […]
GARID Project Trains Environmental Health Officers in Prosecution to Strengthen Enforcement of Sanitation Regulations
The Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project, in collaboration with the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources, has recently organized a specialized training workshop on the enforcement of sanitation regulations for frontline Environmental Health Officers in all the 17-project beneficiary Metropolitan and Municipal Assemblies (MMAs) in Accra. The program aimed to equip participants […]
Works and Housing Ministry Signs Contract for Drainage Improvement Works in Kaneshie
The Ministry of Works and Housing, has signed contracts for the construction of two storm drains at Kaneshie under the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID Project). The two works include the construction of a storm drain from Accra Academy Senior High School to Obetsebi Lamptey Interchange (Lot One) and another one from the […]
Work Begins on Nima-Paloma Drain
The Minister for Works and Housing, Hon. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has cut sod for the construction of Nima-Paloma drain under the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) project. Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony, the sector minister said the construction of the drain will help reduce the perennial flooding challenges in Accra, and bring the […]
Seventeen Assemblies receive over GH¢8 million to improve drainage infrastructure
Some 17 Metropolitan and Municipal Assemblies (MMAs) in the Greater & Accra Region have received over GHç8 million to improve drainage infrastructure under the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project. This follows the disbursement of a total of GHç10. 9 million in both 2022 and 2023 for the same goal. The beneficiary Assemblies […]
17 MMDAs under GARID Project receive drones to strengthen development control activities
In a move aimed at bolstering flood risk and solid waste management in Accra, the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development (MLGDRD) has distributed advanced drones to 17 Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) under the Greater Accra Resilience and Integrated Development (GARID) The event featured the introduction of the DJI Matrice 30 […]
GARID Project Trains Women in Disaster Risk Reduction
The Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) project has held a training workshop on disaster risk reduction for women groups within the project intervention areas. The event, a collaborative effort between the GARID Project and National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), aimed at empowering women as key stakeholders in disaster preparedness and response strategies. Through […]
GARID Project Engages Stakeholders on Kaneshie Drainage Works
The Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project has held a series of engagement programmes for key stakeholders in Kaneshie on the reconstruction of storm drains along Dr. Busia Highway, Osabiede, and Ayikai Streets. The engagement programmes were used to brief and solicit feedback from participants on the scope of the construction works and […]
Sanitation Ministry Completes First Phase of Clean Accra Campaign in GARID Assemblies
The Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources, in collaboration with the seventeen (17) Metropolitan and Municipal Assemblies under the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project, has successfully concluded the first phase of “Clean Accra Campaign” in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area. The combined clean up and heavioural change campaign aimed at promoting […]
Sanitation Teams in GARID Project Beneficiary Assemblies Trained in Responsible Solid Waste Management Practices
In a bid to tackle the menace of indiscriminate waste disposal and promote cleaner communities, the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources, through the GARID Project, has held orientation workshops for nine (9) newly formed sanitation committees in five GARID Project beneficiary Assemblies. These committees, comprising individuals from various communities within Okaikwei North, Korle Klottey, […]
World Bank Inspects Progress of Community Upgrading and Drainage Works Under the GARID Project
The World Bank’s Senior Social Development Specialist, Ms. Nneka Okereke, has led a team of experts on an inspection tour of the ongoing community upgrading and drainage improvement works under the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development Project. The inspection, conducted in collaboration with lecturers from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and Ghana […]
Dredging of the Odaw River Basin Commences Under the GARID Project
The Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project has commenced dredging works on the unencumbering sites of the Odaw River Basin ahead of the rainy season. This crucial intervention aims to clear the Basin of silt and solid waste to facilitate unimpeded water flow in the drains and mitigate the perennial flooding along the […]
Accra takes bold step towards flood resilience with cutting-edge warning system
In a groundbreaking move to safeguard lives and property from the perennial flooding, the Minister for Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye, has handed over state-of-the-art equipment for the operationalization of Accra Flood Early Warning System (FEWS) equipment to the system’s implementation institutions comprising the Ghana Hydrological Authority, the Water Resources Commission, Ghana Meteorological Agency, and […]
Community Upgrading Works Starts in Alogboshie
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Francis Asenso-Boakye has cut sod for the commencement of community upgrading works in Alogboshie, a low-income settlement under the GARID Project. Speaking at the event, Mr. Asenso-Boakye, said under the current phase of the GARID Project, the Ministry, will undertake the construction of primary and secondary drains, access […]
GARID Project Quarterly Digest – June 2023
Quarterly Digest
Enforce Bye-laws to Help Reduce Flooding in Accra, Deputy Local Government Minister Directs MMDAs
The Deputy Minister for Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Martin Kwaku Adjei-Mensah Korsah, has directed Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies in Accra to strictly enforce sanitation regulations and building codes to help curb the incidences of flooding in the capital city. He made the call during an inspection tour of ongoing desilting works […]
Perennial Flooding in Accra: Local Government Minister Calls for Attitudinal Change
The Minister for Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Mr. Daniel Botwe has called on residents of Accra to change their behaviour towards waste disposal and make conscious choices regarding their building sites to help reduce the perennial flooding in the national capital. Mr. Botwe made the appeal during an inspection tour of the […]
Local Government Minister Calls for Collaboration Among Assemblies to Manage Flood Risk in Accra
The Minister for Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Mr. Daniel Botwe, has made a fervent call for collaboration among Metropolitan and Municipal Assemblies (MMAs) along the Odaw River channel to effectively manage flood risk in Accra. Mr. Botwe made the plea during an inspection tour of the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) […]
Local Government Minister Inspects Ongoing Desilting Works on Local Drains in Accra
The Minister for Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development (MLDGRD), Mr Dan Botwe, has paid a working visit to the beneficiary Metropolitan and Municipal Assemblies (MMAs) of the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project to assess the progress of the ongoing desilting works on local drains in the Assemblies. During the tour, Mr. […]
Stakeholders in Two Flood-Prone Communities Engaged Ahead of Commencement of Upgrading Works under the GARID Project
The Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project has held separate stakeholders’ engagement programmes in Alogboshie and Akweteyman as part of efforts to ensure community involvement and collaboration in the rollout of upgrading works in the two flood-prone settlements. In his opening remarks, the GARID Project Coordinator, Dr. Kwadwo Ohene Sarfoh, emphasized the significance […]
Accra flood early warning system design completed — Asenso-Boakye
People living in flood-prone communities in the Greater Accra Region will soon have the benefit of advance notice of flooding to enable them take steps to protect their lives and properties. The design of the flood early warning system has been completed and processes for the engagement of a service provider will be finalised for […]
17 Assemblies receive over GHS 7 million to improve drainage infrastructure
Some 17 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in the Greater Accra Region have received Gh¢ 7, 156, 000.00 to improve drainage infrastructure under Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project. This follows the disbursement of a total of GHS¢ 3, 746, 800 in 2022 for the same goal. The beneficiary Assemblies are expected […]
Sanitation Ministry Distributed Waste Collection Equipment to GARID Project Assemblies
The Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources has distributed seventeen (17) refuse compactor trucks and other solid waste management equipment to the Metropolitan and Municipal Assemblies under the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project. The move according to the ministry forms part of efforts by the government to improve solid waste management capacity […]
ISSER Holds Lecture Series on the GARID Project
The Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER) of the University of Ghana, Legon, has held a lecture series on the land value capture potentials under the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project and how transcalar politics influence the design and implementation of the Project. Opening the workshop, a Professor of Urban […]
Government Takes Delivery of LiDAR Project Data to Support Flood Risk Management in the Greater Accra Region
The Ministry of Works and Housing has taken delivery of the Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) Project from Messrs. OFEK Ltd. The Israeli firm was contracted in November 2020 to undertake aerial surveys for the acquisition of Lidar point cloud data in the Greater Accra Region. The LIDAR Project was intended to support the design […]
Sanitation Ministry commences implementation of Accra Solid Waste Management Strategy
The Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources marked commencement of the implementation of Accra Solid Waste Management Strategy developed under the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project with a behavior change campaign and cleanup exercise in Alogboshie, one of the three beneficiary low-income communities under the Project The learning-by-doing event which was carried […]
New designs for major drains completed to tackle Accra’s perennial flooding – GARID
source: Citi Newsroom The Drainage Engineer on the Greater Accra Resilience and Integrated Development project (GARID), Kojo Badu Keelson, says some major drains have been earmarked for major works after the June rains. He said the move is part of efforts to tackle the perennial flooding that occurs in Accra. According to him, the Ministry […]
GARID PROJECT TRAINS FEMALE INFORMAL WASTE WORKERS IN ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT
The Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project has organized capacity building workshop in small business management and entrepreneurship for female waste pickers and waste collectors. The workshop is part of the interventions the Project is implementing to improve solid waste management capacity in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area. Addressing participants, the Coordinator of […]
Fencing of Abloragyei Dumpsite to Commence Soon
The Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project has handed over the Abloragyei dumpsite in the Ga East Municipal Assembly to Mariandago Company Limited to commence construction of a fence wall around the site. This is to help ward off encroachers ahead of the planned closure and aftercare maintenance of the dumpsite under the […]
Government Launches Social Behaviour Change Campaign on Solid Waste and Flood Risk Management in Accra
The Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project has launched a Social Behavior Change Communication campaign to improve solid waste and flood risk management within the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA). The campaign activities which will be carried out in communities within the Odaw Basin, and in basic schools, market centres, religious gatherings, […]
NADMO Conducts Simulation Exercises in Five Flood Prone Municipalities in the Greater Accra Region
The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) in collaboration with the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project has conducted desktop flood simulation exercises in five Municipalities within the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area to assess the readiness of the selected Assemblies to respond to incidence of flooding and reduce the impacts of flood disaster along […]
Three Flood-Prone Communities in Accra Prioritize Needs for inclusion in GARID Project’s Community Upgrading Plan
Residents of Nima, Akweteyman and Alogboshie, the three beneficiary flood prone communities under the Participatory Community Upgrading Component of the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project, have been urged to actively participate in the ongoing stakeholders’ engagement process to prioritise their communities’ needs for inclusion in the preparation of Community Upgrading Plans under […]
GARID Project Builds the Capacity of Gender-Based Violence Service Providers in the Greater Accra Region
The Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project has organized a capacity building workshop on Gender Based Violence, Sexual Exploitation and Abuse / Sexual Harassment (GBV) SEA / SH for service providers in the Greater Accra Region. The workshop is part of the efforts by the GARID Project to map and train GBV service […]
Informal Waste Sector Workers Collect More than Half of the Waste Generated in Accra -A Research Study
Findings from a study commissioned by the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project into Solid Waste Management in low-income communities in Accra have revealed that the Informal Waste Sector workers collect 51% of waste in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA). This was made known during a high-level workshop organized by the GARID […]
More than Half of the Waste Generated in Accra is Organic – A Research Study
A study conducted by the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project into solid waste management in low-income communities in Accra has revealed that more than half (54%) of the waste generated in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) is organic. Explaining the detailed composition of waste in the Municipalities, Dr. Oduro Appiah, a […]
GARID Project Presents Solid Waste Management Strategy to Key Stakeholders
The Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project in collaboration with the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources (MSWR) has presented a Solid Waste Management Strategy developed for the seventeen (17) participating MMDAs to key stakeholders in the Greater Accra Region. The strategy which was presented at a high-level workshop for top officials […]
GARID Project Donates PPEs To Informal Waste Workers
The Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project has distributed Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to some Informal Waste Sector (IWS) workers in Accra. The presentation was made during an Occupational Health and Safety training workshop organized by the Project for the informal waste workers. In his opening remarks, the Project Coordinator, Dr Ohene Sarfoh, […]
GARID Organizes Capacity Building Workshop For The Informal Waste Sector Workers
The Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project has organized a 2-day capacity building workshop on sustainable livelihoods and collective organization for the Informal Waste Sector (IWS) workers in Accra. Speaking at the opening session of the workshop, the Coordinator of the GARID Project, Dr. Kwadwo Ohene Sarfoh, underscored the importance of the Informal […]
GARID Project Commences Detailed Design for Upgrading Works in Three Communities in Accra
The Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project has commenced detailed engineering designs for upgrading basic infrastructure in three highly flood prone communities in Accra -Nima, Alogboshie and Akweteyman. The proposed upgrading works, which will include construction of drains, access roads, alley ways, streetlights, and solid waste management infrastructure, is aimed at reducing the […]