King's Village Nutrition Centre...Where malnourished children find hope

Some mothers and their malnourished kids at the centre

BONTANGA, a tranquil village in the Kumbungu district of the Northern Region, is popular for its irrigation dam, which was established several years ago to irrigate farms within its catchment.

A few kilometres away from this dam is another institution that should equally attract attention, especially from the development community.

It is certainly not a hotel or zoo but a charitable organisation that provides quality education, healthcare, water and sanitation services to the deprived communities in the Tolon and Kumbungu districts. 
Among the services that the King's Village offers, the one that touched me most was the provision of paediatric care and long term rehabilitation for children suffering from severe malnourishment.

Farmers in tears as rice farms razed down

FORTY (40) rice farmers in the Northern Region were thrown into a state of anguish over the weekend as fire razed down their rice farms, totaling over 350 acres.

Each year, farmers lose their farms to bush fires

A spark of fire from the engine of a rickety combine harvester that was being used at a rice farm lighted the rice plants and due to the intensity of the winds, it degenerated into an uncontrollable blaze and spread to other farms.

Attempts to stop the fire proved futile as it continued to raze down farm after farm over a two-day period, until it brought was under control in another community, by which time it had already caused unimaginable damage.

The farms were situated in three communities in the Savelugu-Nanton district of the Northern Region. They are Malgi-Naayili, Nakpanzoo and Nobogu, which are located off the Tamale-Bolgatanga highway.