Nyanoa and Krodua, farming communities in the Upper West Akim District of Ghana’s Eastern Region, with a combined population of nearly 900 people, are facing a severe shortage of safe and potable drinking water.

Residents are forced to depend on stagnant water sources heavily polluted by illegal mining (galamsey) activities for drinking, cooking, and other daily needs—raising serious public health concerns.

Alarmed by the growing risk of waterborne diseases, the chiefs and elders of the communities are urgently appealing to the Government of Ghana, international development partners, and humanitarian organisations to intervene and help avert a looming health crisis.