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7.3: COMPONENT 3: The Community
Majority of the people in the community are fishermen, fish processors and traders. Due to the nature of their work, illiteracy rate is very high even though there are a number of good
Basic Schools and Senior High Schools such as Winneba Senior High School. The people of Winneba do not enjoy proper livelihood for the following reasons; the people who are mainly
fishermen, fish processors and petty traders find it difficult to break even because they raise their meager capitals through Microfinance Institutions with high interest rates. Since
majority of the people are illiterate or semi illiterate they earn low income which could not sustain them. Quite a number of the children stop school to do menial jobs to support their
families; which contribute to high rate of school dropouts. There is a high rate of teenage pregnancy in Winneba because of parental neglect and the girls in search of money to fend
for themselves ended up getting pregnant.
The people entertain themselves and visitors with their carnival and other social drumming and dancing activities. They worship God, Allah and the other gods culture, religion, belief
system and they practice matrilineal family system of inheritance. Ghana Commercial Bank and Microfin Rural Bank are some of the banks identified in the community.
7.4: COMPONENT 4: Health and Sanitation - Winneba
The sanitation issue along the coast is not the best, especially landing sites where the canoes of load their fish. All sorts of waste are disposed of in an irresponsible manner especially at
the fishing areas of Winneba. The few dump sites were overflowing and badly managed; as a result of this people dump waste anyhow. Winneba is a low lying area, therefore during the
rainy season they have issues with pools of water all over the community; this worsens the situation, causing an outbreak of diseases such as malaria, thyphoid and cholera. The
community lacks effective drainage system and there are no bins visible at vantage areas. According to the medical centers, residents of Winneba who are closer to the coast report at
the medical centers more than other residents who leave far off from the fishing sub communities.
7.5: COMPONENT 5: Alternative Livelihoods - Winneba
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