Vic Mensa Bringing Clean Water To Over 200k Residents In Ghana

January 4, 2023 by S. G. in Music with 0 Comments

Vic Mensa

Vic Mensa Bringing Clean Water To Over 200k Residents In Ghana

Vic Mensa is helping bring clean drinking water to Ghana.

He and Chance The Rapper will be in the country spearheading the Black Star Line Festival on Friday, Jan. 6. Aside from eagerly anticipating hosting the star-studded event for the first time, Vic Mensa is also driving an initiative to provide three villages with safe water.

He said,

“We’re building 3 boreholes in different communities in Ghana to provide clean drinking water; the first being the Asokore Zongo in Koforidua where my family lives, which is already built.”

The rapper shared he was inspired to take action after witnessing the harsh living circumstances Ghanaians experience, including tainted water, so he teamed up with his father, who is from Ghana, to launch the effort.

Vic Mensa added,

“The other locations are a nearby community called Effiduase and then our ancestral village in the Volta Region, Amedzofe. Most people in communities like this in Ghana experience constant waterborne diseases.”

Koforidua has a population of about 200,000, Effiduase is thought to have a population of around 20,000 people, and Amedzofe of about 6,000, according to reports.

Barring any delays, drilling for the boreholes is expected to take three to four weeks and will involve drilling on-site for 10–15 days before installing cable and pipe. The boreholes are said to cost $45,000 to complete, and the water will be tested in a lab before being consumed by people.

For those wondering, a borehole

“used as a water well is completed by installing a vertical pipe (casing) and well screen to keep the borehole from caving. This also helps prevent surface contaminants from entering the borehole and protects any installed pump from drawing in sand and sediment.”

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