Child Sanitation Diplomate, Adjoa Gyako Appiah-Kubi has appealed on civil society organizations (CSOs) and institutions in the country to do the needful so far as construction of school facilities are concern.

She has urged CSOs and institutions to consider factoring toilet and changing room for girls to every facilitated school project.

The sanitation enthusiast remarked this after her executive breakfast conversation with high-level stakeholders of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in the Central Region.

Adjoa Gyako Appiah-Kubi recounted public schools in Ghana to have poor sanitation challenges, over the fact that majority of them are deprived of toilet facilities and access to safe drinking water.

She noted that a number of public schools in the country which can even boost of these facilities, sadly have them subjected to poor maintenance which forces students to prefer using the bush or return home to answer to nature's call.

According to her, this unfortunate turn of events sort to have a deep toll on the academic performance of students in such schools.

The Child Sanitation Diplomate further highlighted that girls in their menstrual period often relent on going to school over the unavailability of girl's changing room which turns to dwindle their academic performance compared to boys. Thus, pleaded on the need for every school in the country to have girl's changing room.

Prof. Simon Mariwah of the University of Cape Coast, with the Department of Geography and Regional Planning at the event, bemoaned the amount of money the Central Region periodically losses to tourists over its poor sanitation crisis, having been touted as Ghana's tourism hub.

WASH Technical Specialist for World Vision Ghana, Yaw Attah Arhin notified his organization's aim to have Ghanaian children share divergent opinions to better sanitation related issues in the country.

Hence, introduced the School Sanitation Solution Challenge which saw Adjoa Gyako Appiah-Kubi emerge as winner to become the reigning Child Sanitation Diplomate in Ghana.

Source: Sompaonline.com//Eric Annan