Accra South Rotary constructs KVIP for people of Whuti

Accra, Aug. 29, GNA - The Rotary Club of Accra South is to build a 10-seater Kumasi Ventilated Improved Pit Latrine (KVIP) worth 8,000 dollars for the chiefs and people of Whuti Traditional Area in the Volta Region.

The project is to provide access to safe and healthy clean lavatory facility in order to improve sanitation in the area.

Speaking at the launch of the Club's anniversary at the weekend in Accra, Mr Robert Mills, President of the Rotary Club of Accra South, said the facility, scheduled to be completed this year, is just one of the many projects lineup to be undertaken.

He said the anniversary also served as a platform for members of the Club to take stock of previous events in order to strategize for the future.

He said, "Our tenth anniversary is dedicated to do more projects to bridge the gap between the haves and the haves not by supporting the less privilege in our societies".

Mr Mills said the group had instituted a five year strategic plan, which would focus mainly in the area of water and sanitation, as well as disease prevention and treatment.

"Under these we hope to increase equitable community access to safe drinking water, basic sanitation methods, and to educate communities about safe water." he said.

Mr Mills explained that the disease prevention efforts would be geared towards building capacity of health care professionals towards combating the spread of HIV and AIDS, malaria.

"We will also enhance the health infrastructure of local communities, educate and mobilise communities towards the spread of major disease", he said.

Mr Edwin Sam, Past President of the Club, said with a group of seven, the club's membership now had grown to 40.

The Club, in line with it motto, "Service Above Self" has undertaken social responsibilities to help improve the lot of the community, especially the underprivileged.

Recounting some the achievements, he noted that the Club through its community service had roofed the health post, refurbishment and stocked the library of Gomoa Nyanyanor with certified Ghana Education Service books to boost the educational standards in the area.

Mr Sam said the Club had among other gestures donated recreational facilities to the Anglican Basic School at Admrobe, in the Eastern Region and refurbished the children's playground of the formerly Accra Zoo.

"The group has supported several People Living with HIV and AIDS in Akwatia..With collaboration from International Needs an NGO, we have freed young women from the Trokosi shrines in the Volta Region and has offered training in various vocations.", he said.

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