Kpipkira (UE) Dec. 01, - World
Vision International (WVI) has supported 10 basic schools at Kpikpira, in the
Garu-Tempane District of the Upper East Region with hand washing materials to
get pupils to appreciate and make handwashing key component of their lifestyle.
As part of its hygiene programme,
WVI trained about 3,338 children in behavioral change activities in the area to
get all children, especially the most vulnerable to practise improved hygiene
in households, communities and institutions.
Mr Seth Frimpong, Partnering
Officer at WVI who read a speech on behalf of the Cluster Manager Mr Rexford
Bugre, said the ceremony was part of activities to mark this year’s World
Toilet Day celebration, adding that the day focused on the importance of proper
sanitation and to advocate access to clean and safe toilets for all.
Mr Frimpong said it was on this
premise that WVI decided to impact the habit of hand washing into the children
by assisting them with materials that would facilitate the practising of the
habit.
He mentioned that to improve
household sufficiency of safe water for drinking in the district, a project
dubbed “the GI-Wash”, successfully completed 18 boreholes and installed four
taps limited mechanised systems for communities such as Kpikpira among others.
Mr Frimpong indicated that the up
scaling of the Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) model in the financial
year witnessed the certification of 19 communities achieving open defecation
free and 5,569 people having access to improved sanitation for defecation.
He said additionally, about 835
household latrines were constructed by community members themselves and were in
use and urged the District Assembly to partner WVI to end child-marriage in the
area as that was a major factor hindering the development of girls.
He indicated that ending
child-marriage could help the district achieve at least eight of the seventeen
sustainable development goals, including health, education, poverty, nutrition
and violence free against women and girls among others in the area.
Mr Emmanuel Asore Avoka, District
Chief Executive (DCE) for the area pledged government’s support to prioritise
sanitation as a national development priority and would harness the eradication
of open defecation.
He said the District Assembly had
scaled up the implementation of (CLTS) activities and had certified 103
communities open defecation free out of the 450 communities in the district,
thereby making the area top the regional CLTS league table.
The DCE called on the Traditional
authority, Assembly members, Civil Society Organisations, and NGOs in the
district to support in eradicating open defecation in the area in order to
prevent the spread of communicable diseases in the communities.
The Day was marked on the theme:
“Wastewater; Improve Latrine for every household by 2030”
GNA
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