Ghana’s Child Sanitation Ambassador, Maame Akua Ohenewaah Gyimah has challenge the Ghanaian adult populace to be responsible in their daily Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) endeavors.
Akua Ohenewaah Gyimah said children are the exact reflections of adults in any society, hence the need for adults to set good sanitation examples for children to follow.
The recently crowned Child Sanitation Diplomat made the statement in a solidarity message on behalf of Ghanaian children at the opening of the 33rd edition of the annual Mole Conference on 31st October 2022 at Elmina in the Central region.
Ohenewaah Gyimah entreated parents and the elderly to refrain from all bad sanitation practices.
She stressed the need for parents and people in authority to provide their subjects, especially children with the needed sanitation facilities.
The most important support that children need from every adult, every parent, and every person in authority, is that they should all refrain from bad sanitation practices and provide their families and their institutions with the needed sanitation facilities”.
She indicated that adults should show self- discipline and desist from defecating in open places.
She opines that sustainable sanitation can only be achieved if parents and the elderly set good examples for children.
Ohenewaa Gyimah described the theme for the 2022 Mole Conference, “Connecting systems to bridge service delivery gaps” as very appropriate and timely.
The child WASH ambassador observed that Ghanaian children have not adequately been involved in finding sustainable solutions to the country’s sanitation challenges.
She said the Children’s Sanitation Fair, the School Sanitation Solutions Challenge, and the Child Sanitation Diplomat initiative are child-centred innovations that raise sanitation-consciousness of the future generation.
She therefore called on stakeholders and government to adopt these initiatives to help bridge the service delivery gap in the WASH sector.
11-year-old Ohenewaah Gyimah appealed to authorities in the WASH sector to consider a permanent session for child engagement in future Mole Conferences.
Chairman, we do not think that it is out of place to create a session for children in all subsequent Mole WASH Conferences. Even just a session for the children around the conference venue can make an impact”, she recommended.
The child ambassador appealed to stakeholders in the WASH sector and sanitation ministry to ensure that decisions taken at this year’s conference are fully implemented.
While you lead participants to deliberate on the theme for this year’s conference, children of Ghana are most interested in just one thing: let us implement what we decide here after the conference”.
Maame Akua Ohenewaah Gyimah wished stakeholders and participants a fruitful deliberation in the 2022 MOLE Conference.
Source: Africaexpressonline
