By Emelia B. Addae
Ankoma (E/R), Nov. 18, GNA – The Hunger Project (THP), through its Holistic Opportunities for Positive Engagement in Maternal and Child Health (HOPE-MCH) project, has provided a motorcycle and essential hygiene kits to the Ankoma Epicenter health facility and local schools.
The hygiene kits, which include handwashing stations, gallons of liquid soap, and packets of tissue paper, were presented to the beneficiaries at a ceremony held at the Ankoma Epicenter in the Kwahu East District of the Eastern Region.
The initiative aims to enhance hygiene practices and improve maternal and child health outcomes in the community.
Mr Solomon Amoakwa, the Project Officer of Ankoma Epicenter, said the equipment would enhance basic health care delivery, improve the safe use of water, and promote effective handwashing.
He explained that the HOPE-MCH project was a one-year programme funded by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, aimed at improving access to and utilisation of maternal and newborn services for children under three years old, as well as for their mothers and pregnant women in Ghana.
The beneficiary schools were Ankoma D/A Basic School, Ankoma Presbyterian Basic School, Nteso D/A Basic School, Nteso Anglican Primary and Junior High School, as well as the Abisu number one D/A Basic School.
Mr Ebenezer Addi Akuffo, the Kwahu East District School Health Education Programme (SHEP) Coordinator, admitted that the items would promote hygiene among students, and protect them from contracting cholera and other airborne and waterborne diseases.
Mr Mutala Mohammed Abilena, the Kwahu East District Health Director, expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the donors for their timely intervention, which he noted that would significantly impact the community’s health initiatives.
He said the support would enhance healthcare delivery and improve the overall well-being of residents.
He explained that midwives at the Community-Based Health Planning and Services compound would utilise the motorcycle to reach surrounding communities, providing essential antenatal care services to expectant mothers.
Additionally, community health nurses would leverage the motorcycle for child welfare clinic activities, including immunisation efforts in hard-to-reach neighboring areas.
The Hunger Project focuses on building self-reliance at the grassroots level, working with women as key change agents and forming effective partnerships with local governments to create a lasting impact.
GNA