By
Samuel Akumatey, GNA
Ho, Oct. 15, GNA –
The Volta Regional Chapter of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has
presented a “tecky tap” hand washing facility to the Ho Technical University
Basic School to mark this year’s Global Handwashing Day.
The presentation was
facilitated by the Community Alliance Foundation (CAF) – an enterprise-led Non-
Governmental Organisation, which provided the handwashing apparatus.
Mr Anthony Bells
Kafui Kanyi, Volta/Oti Regional Chairman of the GJA, presenting the wash
station, said the Association believed that introducing sanitation to kids
would contribute immensely towards its
nationwide sanitation campaign, launched this year as an add on to the
Association’s 70th Anniversary celebration.
Mr Kanyi said a
sanitation team had been constituted at the regional level following the local
launch of the campaign recently, and that the GJA would be monitoring schools
to ensure cleanliness and best practices in sanitation.
“We believe that we
can work with children and get some results for our campaign.
“GJA has realised
that sanitation is becoming a challenge in the Volta Region with open
defaecation, urination, and littering on the rise. Such acts are unacceptable
and we have decided on a name and shame approach to help check the menace”, he
said.
Mr Kanyi advised
school children to practice clean living, and be bold to request the use of
sanitary facilities in nearby homes and institutions when the need arises.
He asked the school
to keep its environment clean and be a reference point for good sanitation in
the region.
Mr Aaron Kofi
Amedzo, Ho Municipal Environmental Health Officer said cleanliness was an
everyday activity that must be practised wherever one found him or herself, and
urged school children to continue making use of tippy taps and other
handwashing devices.
Madam Beatrice
Assor, Headmistress of the school said they were trying to remain the best
after winning the 2018 Best Performing School in the Tippy Tap Campaign in the
Municipality.
She was thankful to
the GJA and CAF for the support, saying the Association’s gesture would
complement their efforts, and promised to ensure the facility was maintained.
The Headmistress
said the school was facing water challenges and appealed to stakeholders to
help provide them with water storage tanks and waste bins.
GNA
