October 9, 2016
Children Are Reason Enough hosted an event that involved children from 5 different schools totaling about 800 children. We spoke to them about personal hygiene, sanitation, essence of handwashing, menstrual hygiene among others, and had a drawing competition illustrating the best handwashing practice. There were 7 volunteers/organizers […]
October 9, 2016
Children Are Reason Enough (C.A.R.E) held its 3rd annual Global Handwashing Day celebration on October 15 at the SOS children’s village in Asiakwa. The celebration involved children from 5 different schools totaling about 800 children. C.A.R.E. staff spoke to children about personal hygiene, sanitation, essence of handwashing, menstrual hygiene among others, […]
October 6, 2016
The Community Development Unit of the Tema Metropolitan Assembly collaborated with the Rural Water Development Programme of the Church of Christ (RWDP – CoC) and the Renner Hospitality Foundation to commemorate this year’s Global Handwashing Day at the TMA School, Klagon. The event brought together […]
October 6, 2016
A Global Handwashing Day event at the local market in Tema, Greater Accra Region, was organized on 15 October 2015 reached about 1, 300 people by Tema Metropolitan Assembly’s community development unit in partnership with the Church of Christ Rural Water Development Project and Go-Wash Ghana, supported by the […]
October 27, 2015
Organizers: UNICEF, Ghana Education Service, Community Water and Sanitation Agency To herald Global Handwashing Day, UNICEF, in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) launched a Tippy Tap competition among schools in the Mion District on October […]
March 12, 2015
Location: Agona Ahanta, Ghana Participants: 3,000,000 Organizers: Conservation Foundation, Ahanta West District Assembly, Dist Edu Directorate AWDP This event included a parade through Agona Ahanta, an assembly of school children to demonstrate handwashing, speeches by the children, a speech by District Director of Education, Executive Director of Conservation […]
March 11, 2015
Location: Humjibre, Ghana Participants: 1,700 Organizations: Ghana Health and Education Initiative These days in Ghana, handwashing with soap seems more important than ever. Three weeks ago, GHEI visited every school in our area with educational outreach programs (http://gheiblog.wordpress.com/2014/09/30/health-education-outreaches-great-success/) focused on Ebola, cholera, and the importance of good […]
March 11, 2015
Location: Kumasi, Ghana Participants: 560 Organizations: Scientists Networked for Outcomes from Water and Sanitation (SNOWS), with support from the Wellcome Trust, U.K; Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi-Ghana It has not been long since Africa was hit by the Deadly Ebola Virus. Although as of […]
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