The Reigning Child Sanitation Diplomat, Maame Akua Ohenewaa Gyimah, a form one JHS student has appealed with the stakeholders of the Children Sanitation Fair to expand the platform.
The diplomat who delivered a solidarity message on behalf of Ghanaian children at the 33rd Mole XXXIII Wash Conference said children have not adequately been involved in finding sustainable solutions to sanitation challenges.
The initiative is organized by Zoomlion Foundation, World Vision and Kings Hall Media, with the support of the Ministry Of Sanitation and Water Resources (MSWR).
It seeks to educate, advocate, and entertain hundreds of children who seek to empower the next generation to co-create sustainable solutions to Ghana’s environmental sanitation challenges.
This Year’s Mole Conference Series held in the Central Region is under the theme “Connecting systems to bridge service delivery gaps.”
Speaking at the event, Ms Gyamerah added “We therefore encourage all stakeholders to support and expand the Children’s Sanitation Fair, the School Sanitation Solutions Challenge, and the Child Sanitation Diplomat initiative.”
These according to the child sanitation diplomat are clear innovations that seek to raise a sanitation-conscious future generation.
“Adapt these concepts at the local level so that more children will be involved and also 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 expressed .
Ms Gyamerah advocated for a modern toilet facility for her own school, a cluster of schools which has over 4,000 pupils, and yet they all share only an old and dilapidated toilet facility with less than ten seats.
In addition, the facility has also been taken over by the community. This compels some of the children to defecate and urinate in unapproved places.
” I therefore plead with participants here, and whoever is hearing me, to come to our aid else it will be difficult for me to talk about others elsewhere” she plead