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Project Site 2: Deg Area
Location
Carpenter - Bole District,Northern Region
Communities/Villages Addressed:
Bamboi plus 8 additional smaller villages in the surrounding area. Bamboi is located on the main Accra/Bole road, on the north side of the Black Volta River in the Bole District. This is an integrated development project aimed at addressing the basic human needs in small areas of the Bole and Kintampo Districts.
Population in Catchment Area:
approximately 35,000
Deg Management Team
Number of farmers actively enrolled…
1500 women as at January 2008 - Deg and South Mo (9 villages in the Deg and 22 villages in South Mo)
Results
Sustainability:
Many of the aspects of the program are now sustainable in the Deg area. Communities have been provided with water, community sanitation projects, and women’s co-operatives in the 9 Deg villages are able to expand through peanuts paid back by past active members. Previously trained women leaders manage these groups. The Deg project is different from the Janga project in that from it, the South Mo project (Project 3) has been launched. Much of the infrastructure set up in Carpenter is used to facilitate the community development initiatives in the Project 3 area, which has drastically reduced the cost of operation. For example, the staff member who coordinates the women co-ops in Project 2 also coordinates the co-ops in the 24 villages of Project 3. In 2007, the Deg project saw its first financial returns from several components of the agricultural sector which is an indicator that it is on its way to sustainability.