VISION

Identify, sponsor and sustain talents to transform

lives of the impoverished youths in our society and

make them champions.

MISSION

Promote and nurture talents among the needy

and less privileged youth in the communities to
enviable position that foster better social
integration and acceptance through vocational
skills and sporting activities.
IMPROVING SANITATION IN
GHANA

Presented by:
 Sanitation has become a major
concern in Ghana over the years
 Several campaigns aimed at ensuring good
sanitation have been made by the
Government, private organizations, as
well as individual citizens.
AMA in collaboration with private organizations have
been campaigning for good sanitation
 Private organizations on their own have also been
campaigning for good sanitation
What is Sanitation?
Sanitation refers to “The state of being
clean and conducive to health”
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(WordWeb 5.2 an electronic dictionary)
We desire to always have an environment like this
It refers to the maintenance of hygienic
conditions, through services such as garbage
collection and wastewater disposal.”
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Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
"Sanitation generally refers to the
provision of facilities and services for the
safe disposal of human urine and feces.”
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(World Health Organization -WHO)
 Contrary to WHO position, what do you see here?

About 90% of all our excreta end up in streams and rivers (Monney 2017)
Take another look. Where are the waste bins?
Has something been done
about the situation?
Television Talk Shows
National Sanitation Programme
Various events on sanitation
Various sanitation activities
Various sanitation activities
Various sanitation activities
Various sanitation activities
How far has the situation
Improved?
How far has the situation Improved?
How far has the situation Improved?
How far has the situation Improved?
How far has the situation Improved?
How far has the situation Improved?
How far has the situation Improved?
• ENA reported on the findings of a Street Hygiene
Ambassador (SHA), Evangelist Bright Adoboe:

• The ambassador has observed that

currently, the sanitation coverage in Ghana
is about 14 percent

• Thus, 86% of Ghana’s environment is in filth

CONSEQUENCES OF POOR
SANITATION
CONSEQUENCES OF POOR
SANITATION
• Annual outbreak of Cholera
and other preventable diseases
in the country.

• Sanitation-related diseases
have been among the top ten
diseases reported at OPDs in
health centres for so many
years (Monney 2017).
CONSEQUENCES OF POOR
SANITATION
CONSEQUENCES OF POOR
SANITATION

• Estimates show that,

Ghana loses close to
US$300million every
year due to poor
sanitation (Monney 2017)
What is the root cause of our sanitation
problem?

• WRONG ATTITUDE
The Way Forward

• WE NEED A
CHANGED
ATTITUDE
 REFERENCES
• Isaac Monney (2017) , Sanitation in Ghana: How can we get out
of the quagmire?, [online] (Available
athttps://www.myjoyonline.com/opinion/2017/august-
21st/sanitation-in-ghana-how-can-we-get-out-of-the-
quagmire.php)

• ENA (2018),'86% of Ghana’s environment in filth – Sanitation

Ambassador', [online] (Available at: https://enaghana.com/2018/01/09/86-of-
ghanas-environment-in-filth-sanitation-ambassador/)

• Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 CONCLUDING REMARKS

We can affect our environment with our positive attitude

THANK YOU