Greater Accra basic schools educated on sanitation
Chage attitude Ghana (CAG), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) that advocates change in the attitude of Ghanaians towards work and environment, has embarked on a sensitisation programme in basic schools in the Greater Accra Region to educate pupils on the basics of good sanitation.
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So far, members of the organisation have visited schools that include the Adjiringanor Junior High School (JHS), Maamobi JHS and some public schools in James Town.
Speaking to the Daily Graphic in Accra at the end of a day’s sanitation campaign in Accra last Friday, the founder of the organisation, Mr Ernest Boateng, urged heads of basics schools in the country to place priority on teaching and learning of environmental issues, especially waste management.
According to him, one of the ways to tackle the poor sanitation in Ghana is for the younger generation to be trained on how to properly manage waste in their teenage years so that they grow with it.
“We must start with our children so that when they grow, they will be able to know how to deal with waste properly; every school must start to prioritise sanitation,” Mr Boateng said.
Approach
Mr Boateng said in order for the country to seriously tackle the sanitation challenges in the country, there was the need for the government to adopt a solid approach through partnership with the private sector.
The approach, he said, should focus on changing the attitudes of Ghanaians, since most people “do not know the benefits of keeping the environment clean”.
“Our bad attitude towards the environment must be the first thing to be addressed if Ghana wants to seriously tackle its sanitation situation,” Mr Boateng said.
He also stressed the need for the law to be enforced against people who flout sanitation laws, adding that once “people are made to pay for their negative attitude, others will learn”.
Touching on the wider activities of CAG, Mr Boateng said the organisation was embarking on a sanitation campaign that focused on sensitising the general public to keeping the environment clean.
“The campaign, which kicked off in the national capital, is focused on communities with sanitation challenges and is also meant to help President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo realise his dream of making Accra the cleanest city in Africa,” he said.
So far, Mr Boateng said, clean-up exercises had been carried out in some communities at James Town, Glefe and Chorkor as part of the campaign.
According to Mr Boateng, the GAG has plans to send its campaign to other regions.
He also said the CAG was ready to partner other organisations to help address the sanitation problem in Ghana.
Greater Accra basic schools educated on sanitation CHANGE Attitude Ghana (CAG), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) that advocates change in the attitude of Ghanaians towards work and environment, has embarked on a sensitisation programme in basic schools in the Greater Accra Region to educate pupils on the basics of good sanitation.
So far, members of the organisation have visited schools that include the Adjiringanor Junior High School (JHS), Maamobi JHS and some public schools in James Town.
Speaking to the Daily Graphic in Accra at the end of a day’s sanitation campaign in Accra last Friday, the founder of the organisation, Mr Ernest Boateng, urged heads of basics schools in the country to place priority on teaching and learning of environmental issues, especially waste management.
According to him, one of the ways to tackle the poor sanitation in Ghana is for the younger generation to be trained on how to properly manage waste in their teenage years so that they grow with it.
“We must start with our children so that when they grow, they will be able to know how to deal with waste properly; every school must start to prioritise sanitation,” Mr Boateng said.
Approach
Mr Boateng said in order for the country to seriously tackle the sanitation challenges in the country, there was the need for the government to adopt a solid approach through partnership with the private sector.
The approach, he said, should focus on changing the attitudes of Ghanaians, since most people “do not know the benefits of keeping the environment clean”.
“Our bad attitude towards the environment must be the first thing to be addressed if Ghana wants to seriously tackle its sanitation situation,” Mr Boateng said.
He also stressed the need for the law to be enforced against people who flout sanitation laws, adding that once “people are made to pay for their negative attitude, others will learn”.
Touching on the wider activities of CAG, Mr Boateng said the organisation was embarking on a sanitation campaign that focused on sensitising the general public to keeping the environment clean.
“The campaign, which kicked off in the national capital, is focused on communities with sanitation challenges and is also meant to help President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo realise his dream of making Accra the cleanest city in Africa,” he said.
So far, Mr Boateng said, clean-up exercises had been carried out in some communities at James Town, Glefe and Chorkor as part of the campaign.
According to Mr Boateng, the GAG has plans to send its campaign to other regions.
He also said the CAG was ready to partner other organisations to help address the sanitation problem in Ghana.
