Sustainable Refuse Management in the Greater Accra Region: An Integrated Approach Using Education, Agribusiness, and Sanitation

• Information

  Sustainable Refuse Management in the Greater Accra Region: An Integrated Approach Using Education, Agribusiness, and Sanitation - Information

  Matched Team	Team 63
  Name	Ernest Wesley-Otoo	Country	Ghana
  Scholarship	KOICA	Email Address	e.wesleyotoo@gmail.com
  Year	2009	Program	MPP,MBA
  Workplace Category	NGO/IGO	Workplace	Transforming Teaching Education & Learning
  Department		Position	Leadership for Learning and TVET Coordinator

• Brief intro of project

  Sustainable Refuse Management in the Greater Accra Region: An Integrated Approach Using Education, Agribusiness, and Sanitation - Brief intro of project

  Title	Sustainable Refuse Management in the Greater Accra Region: An Integrated Approach Using Education, Agribusiness, and Sanitation
  Sustainable Development Goals	4. Quality Education
  Timely Global Issues	5. Exchange of Knowledge and Culture
  Sub-topic that describes project	Sustainable Development Goals
  Summary of your project	This project aims to develop an integrated approach to refuse management in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana that will incorporate education through sensitization and capacity development, agribusiness, and sanitation. The study will investigate current refuse management practices, and identify opportunities for integrating education sanitation and agribusiness into the development of a sustainable model for test pilot. A qualitative design approach will be employed, combining documentary analysis, and other qualitative data collection and analysis methods. Expected outcomes include a comprehensive understanding of current practices, identification of integration opportunities, and the development of a sustainable refuse management model for piloting in the research area. The project will contribute to improved environmental health and reduced pollution; enhanced economic benefits through job creation and income generation; better health outcomes through reduced disease transmission; increased community engagement and participation in refuse management and development of a scalable and replicable sustainable refuse management model.

• Alumni or organization want to cooperate with

  Sustainable Refuse Management in the Greater Accra Region: An Integrated Approach Using Education, Agribusiness, and Sanitation - Alumni or organization want to cooperate with

  Specific alumni in mind	preferred Alumni located in Ghana, where the project will be located.
  Specific nationality of the alumni in mind	Ghana
  Specific organization(s) / workplace(s) in mind	Alumni working in Government policy and with a passion for protecting lives and the environment
  Specific work position(s) in mind	n/a

• Details of Cooperation Project

  Sustainable Refuse Management in the Greater Accra Region: An Integrated Approach Using Education, Agribusiness, and Sanitation - Details of Cooperation Project

  Objective of the Project	The objective of this project is threefold: First, we will investigate the current state of refuse management in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Second, this will lead us to identify opportunities for integrating education, agribusiness, and sanitation to improve refuse management. Third, we will develop a sustainable refuse management model that incorporates education, agribusiness, and sanitation.
  Expected Benefits from the Project	The project will contribute to improved environmental health and reduced pollution; enhanced economic benefits through job creation and income generation; better health outcomes through reduced disease transmission; increased community engagement and participation in refuse management and development of a scalable and replicable sustainable refuse management model
  Anything you would like to inform the potential partner	availability and passion for sustainably protecting the environment.