The reigning Child Sanitation Diplomat, Adjoa Gyakoa Appiah-Kubi, has cautioned that every adult should refrain from open defecation to set a good example for children to follow.
Diplomat, Adjoa Gyakoa Appiah- Kubi, made the clarion call at the 2023 Mole XXXIV Conference in Jirapa on Monday. She expressed excitement for being selected to represent all the children in Ghana as a Sanitation Diplomat.
She further extended her gratitude to all her predecessor Child Sanitation Diplomats ranging from Neriah Tettey, Mawadatu Naziru, and Maame Akua Ohenewaa Gyimah who she noted set the pace for her to follow by voicing out her concerns on sanitation and hygiene.
She thanks her campaign partners, World Vision Ghana, Kings Hall Media, Zoomlion Foundation, the GAMA Sanitation and Water Project of the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources, and the Ghana Education Service for their support and the opportunity they are giving to children.
“I would also like to continue the tradition of all my predecessors to re-echo children’s call for every adult, every parent, and every person in authority to refrain from bad sanitation practices and provide their families and their institutions with the needed sanitation facilities”.
Diplomat Adjoa further gave the assurance that her call would forever continue until she noticed that the change, she desired comes.
“We children want to believe that every system we build should lead us into a clean and healthy environment.”
She further thanked CONIWAS for responding positively and swiftly to a request made by her predecessor Child Sanitation Diplomat, Maame Akua Ohenewaa Gyima, that the organizers of the Mole Conference should establish a permanent session for children”.
On Tuesday, the Sanitation Minister Madam Freda Prempeh, the Upper West Regional Minister, and other WASH stakeholders accompanied Adjoa Gyakoa Appiah-Kubi Ghana Memorial Junior High School where she was allowed to interact with children on sanitation and hygiene as part of the Mole Conference. The milestone is the first of its kind in the 34-year history of this conference.
“I also wish that in addition to the Child Sanitation Diplomat initiative, there will be other Child-centered innovations to provide more opportunities for children to learn and contribute to creating the world that we want”. She said
As a sanitation campaigner, Adjoa Gyakoa Appiah-Kubi promised to avail herself whenever possible, to support efforts to advocate for change and to sensitize the masses.
However, as part of efforts to support the media in the WASH sector, World Vision Ghana and GAMA Sanitation and Water Project supported some selected journalists from the Media Coalition against Open Defecation (M-CODe) to participate in the 2023 Mole XXXIV conference in Jirapa in the Upper West region.
Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana
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