Ghana risks losing out on achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly Goal Six, if accelerated action is not taken to address gaps in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector. “We are left with eight years and we are already in the fifth month of this year,…
Water Aid Ghana launched a hygiene behaviour change campaign project in the Bawku West
Water Aid Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organization, has launched a hygiene behaviour change campaign project in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region to improve the adoption and sustainability of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) best practices.
The project dubbed, “Clean Community Campaign” under the Water Aid Ghana’s Securing Water Resources Approach Project, is being funded by the People Postcode Lottery (PPL), an international organization and seeks to inculcate the practice of good hygiene into communities in the district.
The campaign would be implemented in 30 communities and 10 healthcare facilities in the district and would involve hygiene behaviour change competition among beneficiary households, communities and healthcare facilities regarding clean toilets and kitchens.