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  The residents of the Dewenu and Dewegodo communities in the Anloga District of the Volta Region have raised serious concerns about the dangerous state of a 56.4 metre long decrepit wooden foot bridge constructed on River Dewe some years ago. The wooden foot bridge which was constructed by the then Keta Municipal Assembly to aid the free movement of people and goods across River Dewe has now become a deathtrap posing commuters, mostly school children and the aged who use it on a daily basis to a looming danger. The woodworks of the foot bridge has gradually worn-out, leaving a wide gaps in the structure. This foot bridge links the Dewenu and Dewegodo communities whose social and economic activities are intertwined. School children risk their lives daily by treking on the dilapidated foot bridge to have access to basic education, which is their right, at Dewenu. Heavily-pregnant women, the aged, the sick and the physically challenged are the most vulnerable as they find it extremely di

Road networks, just as any other catalyst infrastructure, opens up rural communities to development. Most rural communities in Ghana, particularly, the Volta Region, are under-developed due to bad nature of roads linking these communities to bigger towns despite being abound with a lot business potentials. Potholes ridden roads are not just recipe for road accidents but the straw that stirs the drink of poverty as profitable ventures remain untapped. The case is not different in  some rural communities in the Anloga District of Volta Region of Ghana. One road of importance in the Anloga District which is left to deteriorate is the 13 kilometres Savietula-Anyanui road. This particular road links notable communities such as Savietula, Atorkor, Akplorwotorkor, Adakordzi, Dzita, Agbledomi, Anyanui, Atiteti, Fuveme, Tunu, Bomigo and Gblife. The inhabitants of these communities are predominantly vegetable farmers and fisher folks who use this road on daily basis to transport their produce to

Cattle ranching has a lot consequential effects on ecological setting where it is practiced. The Third-Eye Gh News takes the a comprehensive look at "CATTLE REARING AND ITS IMPACT ON THE ECOSYSTEM AND LIVELIHOODS OF THE KOME AND SHIME COMMUNITIES OF THE ANLOGA DISTRICT OF THE VOLTA REGION" Introduction Keta Lagoon, also called Anlo-Keta lagoon, is the largest of the over 90 lagoons that cover the 550 km stretch of the coastline of Ghana. This lagoon is 126 km in length and is located in the eastern coast of Ghana and separated from the Gulf of Guinea by a narrow strip of sandbar. This open salty water is surrounded by flood plains and mangrove swamps. Together they form the Keta Lagoon Ramsar site which covers 1200 km2 There are seasonal inflow of sea water during high tide from the Gulf of Guinea into the rivers. The rivers which drain into the lagoon include the Aka, the Tordzi River and Belikpa stream which enter the lagoon from the north. The lagoon is surrounded by many

 Governments all over the world initiate policies and programs with the backdrop of alleviating poverty and hunger in rural areas. The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) which started in 2005 is one of such policies. The school meals and school feeding have been used as an effective mechanism for addressing child nutrition, educational enrolment and retention and hygiene issues in most parts of the world. The prima goal of the Ghana School Feeding Programme is to deliver a well-organized, decentralized intervention providing disadvantaged school children with nutritionally adequate, locally produced food thereby reducing poverty through improved household incomes and effective local economic development. But the above mentioned goals of the policy seem to be hitting the rocks in the Anloga District. Miss Linda Degorl, a cousin to the DCE for Anloga District, is one of the privileged people to be awarded the school feeding program in some selected schools in Kome, in the Anloga Distr