Floods

Nurture Nature Foundation is advocating a community-centred approach to flood resilience in Greater Accra, arguing that organised waste management, routine drain maintenance and sediment control must complement investments in flood infrastructure.

Nurture Nature Foundation is urging government, metropolitan and municipal assemblies, development partners, private institutions and citizens to embrace a blue-green approach to flood management in Greater Accra.

By Samuel OWUSU-ADUOMI Accra, has become synonymous with perennial flooding during the rainy seasons. Every year, as the skies open up and the rains persist for days, the city grapples with flooded streets, submerged homes, disrupted livelihoods and, tragically, loss of lives. The flooding incidents that have plagued Accra recently are not isolated occurrences but

Following the recent severe flooding incidents across Accra and other parts of Ghana, Nurture Nature Foundation urgently calls on government authorities, urban planners, developers, and citizens to prioritise the protection of natural buffer zones and restructure the urban transportation system to build adaptive, flood-resilient cities. The Foundation noted that the repeated flooding caused by continuous