An Introduction

This blog is a record of the experiences of eight students from Michigan Technological University while working on projects in Ghana as part of the Pavlis Institute for Global Technological Leadership. The students are divided into three project groups (the laptop group, the library group, and the sanitation group), and may not always be in the same place at the same time. A brief summary of the projects can be found by clicking on the names of the groups.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

The Sanitation Group

The sanitation group consists of Jonathan Congdon and Kurt Terhune. This group will be working with sanitation issues in Kumasi and the surrounding villages. The first goal during the trip to Ghana is to review and evaluate the situation and write a case study on the need for proper sanitation in the rural regions. Research conducted by this group, and the experience of the pilot group that went to Ghana last summer, indicates that there is both a need and desire for improvements to sanitation, in particular those related to the management of human waste.

The second goal will be to investigate the need for a waste management and recycling program on the KNUST college campus in Kumasi. The pilot group indicated that the campus has a problem with trash, and littering in particular.
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