Residents of Fantekrom, a village in the Nzema East Municipality, are grappling with a severe water crisis as illegal mining activities continue to wreak havoc.
The community's only water source, a once-reliable stream, has been heavily polluted, leaving residents often times go without safe drinking water for days.
A visit to the community reveals vast stretches of degraded land, with the once-fertile farmlands now scarred by mining pits.
The destruction has not spared the community's only stream, which for years served as a dependable source of clean drinking water.
