HEIL-BRONNEN für Ghana e.V.

Helping others to help themselveswww.heilbronnen-fuer-ghana.de

Charity project

History of this project• Charity was founded in 1991 as a consequence

of a donation campaign of the 1250-year anniversary of Heilbronn

• 600.000 Euro invested in well projects• 80 wells built so far• 2 well technicians trained• Networks with „Developent Office“ in Kumasi

for maintenance and selection of suitable sites

Ghana – country and population

Ghana Germany

Area 238.537km² 357.112km²

Population ca. 24 Mio ca. 82 Mio

Population density 100 / km² 229 / km²

HDI³ 0,467 0,885

GDP/inhabitant$671 nominal

$1551 PPP$40.875 nominal

$34.212 PPP

Government Parlament. Democracy Parlament. Democracy

Capital Accra Berlin

[3] Human Development Index, indicative of prosperity set by the UN

Water means health

Worldwide

• 884 million people are without access to clean drinking water• More than 2,6 billion people are without basic sanitary supply• 1,5 million children under 5 die due to diseases caused by bad

water and sanitary conditions• 443 million school days are lost

In 2010 the supply of drinking water was declared as a human right by the United Nations

Ghana• 4,2 million have no access to clean drinking water• More than 20 million people have no access to a basic sanitary

supply• 72 of 1000 children die until they are 5 years old (in comparison to

Germany: 4 of 1000)

(Figures 2008, source Worldbank, World Development Indicators database, December 2010)