Source/Credit: Humanity First | USA
By Staff Reporter | February 21, 2012
Saad Karamat returns from Ghana after developing needs assessment study, maximizing water project impact
Los Angeles resident Saad Karamat, a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, spent 2 months in Ghana before returning home on February 20, 2012.
UC Berkeley alumnus was in the West African nation volunteering with Humanity First USA.
Karamat was awarded a grant from the Clausen Center for International Business and Policy at U.C. Berkeley Haas School of Business to support his work with Humanity First USA’s Water for Life project.
The Humanity First Water for Life team constructed over 40 wells in villages of the Bolga region in two phases. Karamat created and implemented needs assessment study for Humanity First's Water for Life project, enabling Humanity First to target the most needy communities.
Karamat also worked with government officials to form Public Private Partnerships.
The Water for Life project is one of Humanity First USA's banner programs that provides access to potable water in disadvantaged communities through refurbishment or installation of water wells and hand pumps.
Humanity First has enabled water access for communities in Africa, Central America, and Asia as of date and is continuing to expand this project.
"I was repeatedly told, 'water is our life,' and I was once told, 'when you come to give us water, it will be like we are in heaven.',” said Saad. “I will never forget my time in Ghana. I am entirely overwhelmed with emotion in leaving. "
Humanity First USA was established in 2004 and primarily focuses on international humanitarian and disaster relief projects across the world. For more information about Humanity First USA, please visit
http://usa.humanityfirst.org.
-- Humanity First: Los Angeles area volunteer finds water, opportunities to Ghanaian communities
-- Ahmadiyya Times
-- Edited by Imran Jattala
No comments:
Post a Comment
Thank you for your comments. Any comments irrelevant to the post's subject matter, containing abuses, and/or vulgar language will not be approved.