Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) play an important role in development. USAID forms strategic relationships that leverage USAID's technical expertise to achieve the development goals that USAID shares with the private sector. PPPs implement innovative strategies to achieve real results at lower cost so more can benefit.
USAID and Coca-Cola PPP – the Water and Development Alliance (WADA)
In conjunction with the USAID Ghana Mission and The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC), and with support from the Global Environment and Technology Foundation(GETF), the "Water and Development Alliance" (WADA) contributes to increasing access to water supply and sanitation services for local inhabitants in the Greater Accra and Central regions. The Alliance focuses on the Lekma Northern and Southern Cluster of Schools in the Teshie Community in the city of Accra and is building the Mama Loo/ Puxin Bio-gas Bio-sanitation toilet facilities. The Alliance will contribute to the development of new, and the rehabilitation of existing, infrastructure in a cost effective approach that will appropriately address the sanitation needs of the target communities. Over 9,600 school students will have access to hygienic bio-sanitation facilities. With a combined investment of $1,268,750 million, WADA is having a positive impact on the lives of people.
USAID and Rotary International – International H2O Collaboration
In Ghana, the International H2O partnership between USAID and the Rotary Foundation is a US$2 million project that provides: boreholes; hand pumps; pipes schemes; latrines for schools and clinics; and, water closets and showers for public venues. The project also provides training and information to encourage the maintenance and appropriate use of the facilities, and to help people protect the health of their families and their communities. More than 86,000 people across the Volta, Greater Accra, Eastern and Central regions will benefit.
USAID and Worldreader – Electronic Reader Partnership
Since 2010 a Public-Private Partnership between USAID and the US charitable organization, Worldreader, has piloted the use of electronic readers in rural primary and high schools in Ghana's Eastern Region. The e-reader, which is about the size of a printed book and portable, has changed the learning habits of the students, according to teachers and parents in the pilot communities
