People in northern Ghana struggle to find water amid drought

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  • čas přidán 2. 06. 2024
  • People in northern Ghana are struggling to find water. Many rely on rivers, but these have dried up in recent months due to a lack of rainfall.
    Hundreds of new dams have failed to help.
    Al Jazeera's Eva Atiboka reports from Nanumba North.
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Komentáře • 151

  • @bbenjoe
    @bbenjoe Před 3 lety +55

    If all you need to do to get water is to go to the kitchen or bathroom and open a tap, than my friend you alredy have a better life than half of mankind

    • @bbenjoe
      @bbenjoe Před 3 lety +1

      @Middle East History Channel These are some pretty fair points actually.

    • @bhakktkibaap9669
      @bhakktkibaap9669 Před 3 lety

      Black people have nothing 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @jzk2020
      @jzk2020 Před 3 lety +1

      I have to walk all the way to the supermarket. I ain't drinking this iffy tap water.

    • @divinegold608
      @divinegold608 Před 3 lety +1

      @Middle East History Channel but you can’t do without water you can survive every other thing not drinking water 😂

    • @westmax8491
      @westmax8491 Před 3 lety +1

      @@bhakktkibaap9669 are you happy about that?

  • @dasricky6542
    @dasricky6542 Před 3 lety +12

    This is enormous problem,condolence to people of ghana.

  • @ravirevenger6787
    @ravirevenger6787 Před 3 lety +10

    I am from India . This is very big problem

  • @nicedurians
    @nicedurians Před 3 lety +25

    African people need to elect better leaders. Leaders that have a real heart for the people

    • @susanrhodes5681
      @susanrhodes5681 Před 3 lety +5

      Ah but those who want to "help" are often the one's who steal the most from the people. Vicious cycles.

    • @robinsss
      @robinsss Před 2 lety

      @@susanrhodes5681 as soon as they do that vote them out of office

    • @SchgurmTewehr
      @SchgurmTewehr Před rokem

      Many Africans can’t elect new leaders because they live in dictatorships. Don’t assume they’re naive or that it’s their own fault.

    • @mrdojob
      @mrdojob Před rokem +3

      Perhaps the entire population need to become more competent. Literally all these people, many well over 40 walking to a river to collect water? Has it ever occurred to them to dig a well instead? It's just utter incompetence.

    • @wexfordrob
      @wexfordrob Před rokem

      @@susanrhodes5681 absolutely. It’s how the British ruled the world…by traitors

  • @milesinnz
    @milesinnz Před 3 lety +8

    Ghana 1960 population = 6.6 million, now over 30 million... so why would you expect water consumption to be less than 5 times more than it was in 1960 ?

    • @robinsss
      @robinsss Před 2 lety

      even with that being the case there should be enough water to supply all the new residents with what they need
      if there is a drought there are technologies available that can be used to supply the amount of water needed

  • @AnkurGurungtrendsetter
    @AnkurGurungtrendsetter Před 3 lety +7

    In South east Asia we have high populations and we do have water scarcity to tackle that we have plastic water tank in every house hold which cost roughly 100$ for 5000 ltrs drum, we gather water from water supply as well from the rainfall. Why can't their government provide every village household that simple solution.

    • @AnkurGurungtrendsetter
      @AnkurGurungtrendsetter Před 3 lety +3

      @Daily Wonder not poor one like in the video. People earn their living by selling momo and chaumin what is their to be ashamed of that's their hard earn money if some people look down upon them than that's their problems .
      Majourity of Indians have the tendency to act superior and act overconfident over every thing cause of that they are currently suffering from covid pandemic. Despite of their world superpower status they are helpless compared to country like Nepal.
      I get it you are here to show me down instead I am wondering why would you do soo. Are you an African that got offended by my comments or a overconfident arrogant India. I am pretty sure you are not Chinese cause they are much more sensible group of people. So what are you.

    • @mohamedmustafa1939
      @mohamedmustafa1939 Před 3 lety

      @@AnkurGurungtrendsetter he's Indian.

    • @robinsss
      @robinsss Před 2 lety +1

      these areas are so dry from drought that they don't have a water supply to draw water from

    • @naana-scelyne6370
      @naana-scelyne6370 Před rokem

      Shut up

    • @Brian-bo4bz
      @Brian-bo4bz Před měsícem

      Ever heard of Sahel,these people in northern Ghana live in the dry region just below the massive Sahara desert,all those tanks would be dry by now and no rain to fill them up,can't you see what's happened to the rivers and water pans, these people are also mostly pastoralists, you think 5000 litres can sustain livestock and human consumption for two weeks?

  • @molomole
    @molomole Před 3 lety +9

    You call this Dam ? African leaders 😭😭😭😭😭

  • @april_b
    @april_b Před 5 měsíci

    May I have permission to use some of these footages for my school advocacy video regarding clean water and sanitation?

  • @Abraham_Tsfaye
    @Abraham_Tsfaye Před 3 lety +6

    Their problem is their leaders are dunces. Ghana receives more than adequate rainfall.
    So where does it go and why have they not invested in water conservation projects like reservoirs or even desalination plants.

    • @johnsoncao3114
      @johnsoncao3114 Před 3 lety

      I fell sorry to hear all these negative news…. But, I am also wondering what the ppl do when they have time? All sitting and waiting?

    • @robinsss
      @robinsss Před 2 lety

      you are correct
      a test to determine whether their leaders are ignorant or malicious is to deliver the information on how to solve this to them''
      if they don't use that information then it would not be because of ignorance because you would have already given them the information
      until desal plants are built fog catchers should be handed out to all villagers
      they are cheap and produce a lot of water

  • @albertansah1373
    @albertansah1373 Před 3 lety +3

    The awful 😢 difficulties in dry rivers beds 🛌 for villages needing the consistent water 💦 flow for the people in the northern region of Ghana 🇬🇭.??!!!

    • @robinsss
      @robinsss Před 2 lety

      the government should do something
      send fog catchers to the people
      desalination plants

  • @krnpowr
    @krnpowr Před 3 lety +18

    Sad and frightening times. Half the world is suffering through drought and the other half is under water due to flooding from excess rain and rising sea levels.

    • @robinsss
      @robinsss Před 2 lety

      half the world is an over estimation but some countries are

    • @Pack_Watch
      @Pack_Watch Před rokem +1

      Ahhh drinking water while watching this😋

    • @johnbrown9802
      @johnbrown9802 Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@Pack_WatchYou'll reap what you sow

    • @johnbrown9802
      @johnbrown9802 Před 3 měsíci

      It's called we're living in the end times pick up a Bible some time

    • @krnpowr
      @krnpowr Před 3 měsíci

      @@johnbrown9802 LMAO! Okay....

  • @jaytrump2537
    @jaytrump2537 Před rokem

    This is what made me change

  • @helenfischer6948
    @helenfischer6948 Před 3 lety +4

    God save our homeland ghana

  • @kwaku8774
    @kwaku8774 Před 3 lety +2

    Drought in the north yet Accra gets flooded every year due to rainfall. A water conservation system, a pipe and boreholes will solve the situation.

  • @loneforest6541
    @loneforest6541 Před 3 lety +2

    Ghana is in a suitable place for rain water harvesting....not like other desert area of Africa.

  • @BlakeTedKord
    @BlakeTedKord Před 3 lety +6

    And why can’t billionaires build water pumps from Africa’s coastlines to the villages with solar and wind power?

  • @fmj-j2327
    @fmj-j2327 Před 3 lety +15

    I like 👍 this kind of documentary news

  • @liitleman5020
    @liitleman5020 Před rokem +1

    Doesn't make sense How's thete no water in some parts of Africa still . We been donating to Africa for 40 years . Weres all the money going so corrupt. I bet they can find diamonds and gold though

  • @MohamedAli-ft5qd
    @MohamedAli-ft5qd Před měsícem

    What does the Government of Ghana do, to help their citizens in situations such as this?

  • @AshokJha-jw3zp
    @AshokJha-jw3zp Před 3 měsíci

    Pray for them ❤

  • @cufficsandilluminati
    @cufficsandilluminati Před 9 měsíci

    Water pump is like a torpedo stuck in place from a large pipe into a smaller pipe in order to have water pressure

  • @skylinecreations.1634
    @skylinecreations.1634 Před 9 měsíci

    The Government of Africa should help it's citizens to get more water. Saving rain water, dams, bore wells, getting water pipes and supply water in every house..❤

  • @scrubbybard380
    @scrubbybard380 Před 3 lety +2

    Humans shouldn't live where there is no water, no one should be surprised this is happening, it is the result of a species that has spread and colonised the planet but failed to realise that you have no quality of life living in such inhospitable places, instead, most celebrate it as an accomplishment 👏 👏

    • @robinsss
      @robinsss Před 2 lety

      the people in Cape town don't live in a desert
      and they still don't have enough water

  • @flesz__
    @flesz__ Před 3 lety +2

    And here in UK I'm getting flooded

  • @timesquare1681
    @timesquare1681 Před 3 lety +4

    Save the eco system
    It's life cycle

  • @johnhays5863
    @johnhays5863 Před 25 dny

    Hays Pure Water for All Foundation has been set up to give people the opportunity to provide water systems to those with a lack of safe water.

  • @jasonlinton9902
    @jasonlinton9902 Před 10 měsíci +1

    The problem is these people cant afford to feed themselves and yet they have 5 to 10 kids each that starve along with them its overpopulation in a area that cant produce enough natural supplies so this will cause suffering but these people do this to themselves

  • @imhere606
    @imhere606 Před 3 lety +3

    Water pump ( tube well - drilling)... Simple solution.

    • @robinsss
      @robinsss Před 2 lety

      fog catchers
      air to water generators
      a better solution

    • @mrdojob
      @mrdojob Před rokem

      Seriously. Generation after generation in so many African families under the same roof drink this filthy water. Has it ever occurred to them to dig a well after all these years? It really irks me to no end to see these public appeal videos of multi generational households and not one of them have figured out how to dig a well. It's hard to feel sympathy for them.

  • @reginaldnelson6088
    @reginaldnelson6088 Před 3 lety +2

    Plant trees. Rain is essential and planting trees will help. The Sahara desert is at the doors of Ghana.

    • @robinsss
      @robinsss Před 2 lety

      that wouldn't provide enough water for these people
      ever heard of fog catchers?

  • @lidiaanisoarahritcu4640

    O my Lord ...no water 💧no life 😑😑

  • @gamingclipz7309
    @gamingclipz7309 Před rokem

    It’s their leaders… nothing will change until they get new leaders…

  • @Itube-733
    @Itube-733 Před 3 lety +3

    Don't waste water

  • @mdnoraalamstc6190
    @mdnoraalamstc6190 Před 3 lety +10

    Allah help you poor people

  • @farzanafarzana1707
    @farzanafarzana1707 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Fazra❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @jhonlev9104
    @jhonlev9104 Před rokem +1

    I wanna bring people who keeps on saying Amen to jesus God our savior in this place

    • @christophertubig8267
      @christophertubig8267 Před 5 měsíci

      Just dig well or water pump. God gave us brain to use. In our country this is done manually decades ago by just villagers without government's help.

  • @tomjones9435
    @tomjones9435 Před 3 lety +1

    There is plenty of water in Ghana. It is the Northern countries that do not have water such as Burkina and Mali.

    • @ckthegreat100
      @ckthegreat100 Před 2 lety

      You do know Northem Ghana and Burkina Faso border each other right? Lol

    • @robinsss
      @robinsss Před 2 lety +1

      if Ghana has plenty of water why are these people using mud as their water source?

  • @yeetian2774
    @yeetian2774 Před 3 lety

    Taiwan and Pakistan are also short of water. Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan are fighting each other now for water.

    • @Xplosiv3s
      @Xplosiv3s Před 3 lety +1

      you can now trade water on the CME, too.

  • @isaqhazara1600
    @isaqhazara1600 Před 10 měsíci

    West of Kabul HAZARAS areas are the same as they’re right now

  • @African.Diaspora.InLondonUK

    So where are the mathematician & engineer ? Clearly this man is lacking. The problem with Africa, u need to get rid of these old white colonial and these old African, who only really care about their situation.
    I can see the problem, it's not rocket science, how to fix.
    If water is a precious commodity, allow the overflow to be saved in reserve dam and tanks.
    The waste water can used on plants.
    Plant, trees and crops which are drought resistant. Start planting trees near the village. Mother nature will take care of the rest.
    Simply building a dam, without a considering the risk. Is useless.

  • @Blue_Editor1
    @Blue_Editor1 Před 8 měsíci

    Gods choice :( that’s why we have to grateful for what we have

  • @fakunle233
    @fakunle233 Před 3 lety +1

    So what you go into a small village and go and make a video or picture and bring it out just to paint Africa black.dont you have sent at Qatar or the west.

  • @golandanan
    @golandanan Před 3 lety +1

    Were bil gates and tedros Gabriel?
    They don't really want to help its all power and money

    • @robinsss
      @robinsss Před 2 lety

      maybe they don't know about Ghana's water problem

  • @edissan2131
    @edissan2131 Před rokem +1

    Nesquik lol

  • @stefanalbu9227
    @stefanalbu9227 Před 3 měsíci

    They have little water because they are sinners. They need to respect people and nature....more

  • @poppetrurazvan3900
    @poppetrurazvan3900 Před rokem

    Please try to mount some water traps as described in the dune. Anihow these people needs to be "med evacuated" at any cost to nato countries. Thank you.

  • @VETASALMONE11
    @VETASALMONE11 Před 4 měsíci

    This is a curse … due to the mean spiritedness of the people. You cannot go to another land and mistreat the people … you could be making your country suffer for your bad deeds towards others on their land. You reap what you sow

  • @apexkevv8904
    @apexkevv8904 Před 3 lety +1

    Come on Africans invest in your people and there needs.

    • @kingmufasa8929
      @kingmufasa8929 Před 3 lety

      When white people invest in black countries, they are being called colonizers! So maybe africans must help africans. South Africa cannot help because corrupt government milked the fat cow, but Ethiopia and Egypt can help

    • @rasmuss8324
      @rasmuss8324 Před 3 lety

      @@kingmufasa8929 Ethiopia has their own problems what you mean they can help us?

  • @user-ud1te2ys4n
    @user-ud1te2ys4n Před 3 měsíci

    ショベルカーを現地に導入して水源を掘り起こす手段もありだと思う‼️

  • @jimmason1072
    @jimmason1072 Před 8 měsíci

    Maybe the Ghana president could spend some of that 250 million $ he's sucked from the country and dig some wells for his people.....😮

  • @Just_busy
    @Just_busy Před 3 lety +1

    Akuffo Addo cannot Deliver

    • @nanaofori3116
      @nanaofori3116 Před 3 lety +1

      This has nothing to do with akuffo addo. Our useless past presidents did nothing to help. What where the leaders doing in the past 30 years

    • @Just_busy
      @Just_busy Před 3 lety +1

      @@nanaofori3116 Use your brain and stop focusing on the past and fix your present, so that the future generations will not talk like you and say : what where the leaders doing in 2021 . Akuffo Addo fix the country now. He is becoming the worst president in Ghana History.

  • @yusufziyacetin
    @yusufziyacetin Před 3 lety

    Adresi verin oraya kuyu açalım 🍎🇹🇷

  • @alantran1914
    @alantran1914 Před 3 lety

    😪

  • @oneup1098
    @oneup1098 Před 3 lety

    WHOA A MASS CLAY PIT SYSTEM SO MANY CLAY HOME BUILDINGS AND DISPLAYS TO PLAY AND MAKE - ADDED FARMING AND BASE TECH AND SOLAR A PARADILIC SYSTEM AWAITS : ALL THE BEST
    WHAT'S THE GROWTH ON 12,000 LONG ROWS OF SEEDS ???

  • @farzanafarzana1707
    @farzanafarzana1707 Před 11 měsíci

    Hi

  • @curtisknutson3920
    @curtisknutson3920 Před 2 lety

    Have your Government buy , WTII otcmkts, water resources technology solutions, it makes water out of the AIR, pure drinking water, think of all the possibilities, watering crops, filling reservoirs, filling water tanks, living off Grid, Your own personal water supply

  • @nee6210
    @nee6210 Před rokem

    Omg

  • @omarali2156
    @omarali2156 Před 3 lety

    They donot know how to dig the pound,hole.

  • @nazirnauth7833
    @nazirnauth7833 Před 3 lety +1

    dont they know to about ...deep bore wells and solar pumps.... ooh come on.

  • @valdee883
    @valdee883 Před 4 měsíci

    🌐🌐✌️✌️

  • @user-x1dgr9dwn2
    @user-x1dgr9dwn2 Před rokem

    😂😂😂

  • @valdee883
    @valdee883 Před 4 měsíci

    ❤️🤍🖤💯

  • @molkhal
    @molkhal Před 3 lety

    Lol

  • @kevvJ
    @kevvJ Před rokem

    L Country

  • @divinefavourgabriel6715

    where are the husbands of this women? especially the pregnant lady husband...why let the women suffer like that?

  • @marquisroberts3142
    @marquisroberts3142 Před 3 lety +1

    🥺🤢🤮 I pray for them

  • @The09041951
    @The09041951 Před 3 lety +3

    Chinese will help.

  • @krnpowr
    @krnpowr Před 3 lety +1

    I would hardly consider the bucket of mud that the lady collected as being water.

    • @desciplesofthomassankara3021
      @desciplesofthomassankara3021 Před 3 lety +5

      Your level of density is frightening. It's just discolored water. The livestock can drink it as it is and they'll have to boil it for their use.

    • @krnpowr
      @krnpowr Před 3 lety

      @@desciplesofthomassankara3021 Discolored water is a pleasant way of calling mud.

    • @desciplesofthomassankara3021
      @desciplesofthomassankara3021 Před 3 lety +4

      @@krnpowr 0:27 is that mud? Does mud make that sound when you scoop it?

  • @MyKharli
    @MyKharli Před 3 lety

    Come and ask boris johnson , he is a good christian man and will be pleased to help i am sure . I think he has plenty of money because he has just spent an extra 16 billion on nuclear weapons !

  • @HatrikProductions
    @HatrikProductions Před 3 lety +1

    How are not able to make water yet? Or to make use of the sea water???

  • @patrickswayzee8871
    @patrickswayzee8871 Před rokem

    Lol