World Vision International Ghana, a Christian Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has committed to supporting schools in the country to construct toilet facilities towards ending open defecation. Mr Attah Arhin, the WASH Technical Coordinator of the NGO said a significant number of public schools in the country lacked toilets and that tackling open defecation at the school level would imbibe the spirit …

Madam Georgina Kyeremaalo, a 75-year-old widow, has constructed a toilet facility for a household of 15 from money she borrowed from a Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) introduced by UNICEF to empower women. The cost of constructing the toilet aimed to stop open defecation is estimated at GHS100.00 and covered payment of services, roofing sheets, moulding of bricks and …