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 […]