The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints donated a mechanized borehole system to the small community of Addokrom, located in the Ashanti Region’s Ejisu municipality in Ghana. The borehole will provide accessible, clean water to residents. Community members and Church leaders celebrated the donation on July 22, 2025.
President Mensah hands over facility keys to chief Nana Agyapong Boateng on 22 July, 2025.
President Mensah hands over facility keys to chief Nana Agyapong Boateng on 22 July, 2025.© 2025 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.In the past, residents of the agricultural community have drawn their potable water from small nearby streams, transporting it to the village daily. Occasionally, hot, dry weather caused those streams to dry up, leaving the residents with no clean water.
Aware of the Church’s humanitarian efforts in other nearby areas, members of the community approached the Church to ask for help to resolve the issue. The Church responded by providing a mechanized borehole, complete with a solar powered pump and a 5,000-liter polytank for storing water. Residents can now bring containers to the borehole to obtain cool, clean water anytime.
Speaking for the community, Chief Nana Agyapong Boateng thanked the Church for undertaking the project.
“People of my community, you should all join me to extend our heart felt gratitude to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for giving us such a much-needed project in our town, because without water there is no life. The Church has therefore given us extension of life by this important project,” he said. He encouraged residents to take good care of the facility and pledged to see to its maintenance.
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President Prosper Mensah, president of the Ejisu Ghana Stake, said, “This facility has come from contributions or sacrifices made by individual members of the Church worldwide. The Church does not discriminate; all are children of God. It is our fervent prayer that this project will bring unity and peace among these town folks.” He advised the residents to avoid contention in the use of the facility, emphasizing that it should be a means of bringing the community closer together.
Elder Louis Fuell and Sister Brenda Fuell, senior welfare and self reliance missionaries serving in the Ghana Kumasi Mission for the Church helped bring the project to fruition. They explained to the villagers that the donation was an expression of the love that our Savior, Jesus Christ, has for His children as manifested through His Church. They told them that the funds for the donation came from fast offerings given by faithful members of the Church from Africa, Europe, America and across the world.
Residents of the community were thrilled with the new facility, all sharing in the joy and expression of gratitude. “This is indeed the best thing that could happen to us in this community. We have suffered long for scarcity of clean water. We are very, very grateful,” one resident said.