WORLD VISION DONATES TO HEALTH, EDUCATION ...In Saboba/Chereponi (PAGE 26)

WORLD Vision Ghana, an international non-governmental organisation (NGO), has presented large quantities of assorted items to the Saboba/Chereponi District Health and Education Directorates towards the promotion of health and education in the area.
The medical items were made up of drugs, equipment, surgical and hygiene materials. Others were exercise books, textbooks and novels, all valued at GH¢18,209.
The books would be distributed to the 16 beneficiary schools in the district while the medical items that were handed over to the District Health Management Team (DHMT) would benefit five health centres in the area.
The Area Development Programme Manager of World Vision, Mr Bernard Kpare, explained that the presentation of the hygiene and sanitation materials were to help create the necessary awareness in the schools.
‘‘Sanitation and hygiene are keys to the health and growth of children and improving sanitation is not only just the question of constructing latrines, but also ensuring that people are educated to understand its importance,’’ he stated.
According to him, issues on sanitation in schools had been relegated to the background while resources were channelled to competing priorities, something he described as most unfortunate.
Mr Kpare said it was for those reasons that his outfit sourced funds through a special project to provide the dustbins and hand washing materials, including soap and towels, to its registered schools in the district.
He called on all stakeholders to institute what he called a school community campaign group to tackle sanitation and hygiene issues in the district.
The Deputy District Co-ordinating Director, Mr Abdul-Hanan Wumbei Abdulai, advised decentralised departments in the area to ensure that they always prepared and presented their budgets early enough to enable the assembly to incorporate it into its annual budget for the necessary support.
The District Director of Education, Mr Charles Akatuk, noted that World Vision had contributed immensely to the education sector in the area over the years through capacity building and the provision of school kits.
The Headteacher of Konkonzoli Primary School, Mr Peter Taban, on behalf of the beneficiary schools, expressed appreciation to World Vision for its tremendous assistance and promised to put the items to judicious use.