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YOUTH PRODUCE COMPOST FROM ORGANIC WASTE
A set of youth engaged by two non-governmental organizations, CHF International Ghana (CHF) and Nimba Community Support Service (NIMCOSS) have produced the first volume of matured organic compost from waste in Accra.
The 230 kilograms total weight compost, produced from organic waste collected by the youth from some households in the Avenor Community in the Okaikoi South Sub-Metro of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly weighs approximately 20 kilograms each, and has been approved by the Ghana Standards Board for farmers’ usage.
Some farmers have already expressed interest in the organic manure with one farmer purchasing the first 230 kilogram compost, bagged in eleven sacks for an undisclosed amount.
This, however, stipulates that the woes of waste collection is over since the AMA can create wealth out of the over 60 per cent of waste collected which happens to be organic.
The programs Manager of NIMCOSS, Mr. Yaw Duah, in an interview with Daily Graphic, expressed joy that after months of work with the youth and the Avenor Community, some tangible results had been realized.
He said, “Waste is not valueless, and the attitude towards waste in many residents in many parts of Accra, including Avenor is a contributing factor to the perennial flooding in the city.”
He added that the maturation of the compost marked the realization of an aspect of the goal of the Youth Engagement in Service (YES) delivery project being funded by CHF International Ghana and implemented by NIMCOSS in partnership with AMA.
The project, he recalled, was to create a scalable and integrated waste management system in Avenor through effective waste collection and value addition innovations.
Mr. Duah, explained that the project begun with a distribution of two waste bins to 720 households that applied for it to undertake source separation of household waste, with two females and four males equipped with tricycles, branded uniforms and safety kits to undertake door-to-door waste collection in the community.
“The few households that separated their households had it sent to a simple aerobic compost facility constructed near one public latrine in Avenor, where another set of five youth processed the organic waste into compost with supervision and tutelage from Mr. Joseph Awuye, Compost Technical Engineer from the AMA’s Waste Management Department,” he continued.
He further explained that the organic waste, matured after nearly three months of organic waste shredding, piling, turning, drying, sieving and bagging.
Mr. Duah, however, expressed regret to some youth abandoning the program due to poor attitude and stigmatization from friends and relations as the program was geared towards equipping them with work for a salary.
He as well noted out that, over 90 youths had benefited from various capacity- building training programs with about half the number enjoying start-up support to manage their own enterprises through NIMCOSS and its associated partners.
The 230 kilograms total weight compost, produced from organic waste collected by the youth from some households in the Avenor Community in the Okaikoi South Sub-Metro of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly weighs approximately 20 kilograms each, and has been approved by the Ghana Standards Board for farmers’ usage.
Some farmers have already expressed interest in the organic manure with one farmer purchasing the first 230 kilogram compost, bagged in eleven sacks for an undisclosed amount.
This, however, stipulates that the woes of waste collection is over since the AMA can create wealth out of the over 60 per cent of waste collected which happens to be organic.
The programs Manager of NIMCOSS, Mr. Yaw Duah, in an interview with Daily Graphic, expressed joy that after months of work with the youth and the Avenor Community, some tangible results had been realized.
He said, “Waste is not valueless, and the attitude towards waste in many residents in many parts of Accra, including Avenor is a contributing factor to the perennial flooding in the city.”
He added that the maturation of the compost marked the realization of an aspect of the goal of the Youth Engagement in Service (YES) delivery project being funded by CHF International Ghana and implemented by NIMCOSS in partnership with AMA.
The project, he recalled, was to create a scalable and integrated waste management system in Avenor through effective waste collection and value addition innovations.
Mr. Duah, explained that the project begun with a distribution of two waste bins to 720 households that applied for it to undertake source separation of household waste, with two females and four males equipped with tricycles, branded uniforms and safety kits to undertake door-to-door waste collection in the community.
“The few households that separated their households had it sent to a simple aerobic compost facility constructed near one public latrine in Avenor, where another set of five youth processed the organic waste into compost with supervision and tutelage from Mr. Joseph Awuye, Compost Technical Engineer from the AMA’s Waste Management Department,” he continued.
He further explained that the organic waste, matured after nearly three months of organic waste shredding, piling, turning, drying, sieving and bagging.
Mr. Duah, however, expressed regret to some youth abandoning the program due to poor attitude and stigmatization from friends and relations as the program was geared towards equipping them with work for a salary.
He as well noted out that, over 90 youths had benefited from various capacity- building training programs with about half the number enjoying start-up support to manage their own enterprises through NIMCOSS and its associated partners.
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