World Vision unhappy with the culture of maintenance

Mr Charles Hubert, the National Director of the World Vision International (WV), a Christian Non-Governmental Organisation, has expressed disappointment about the poor culture of maintenance among some communities in the society.

He expressed regret that in most communities after some basic facilities had been provided by the NGO, the maintenance of such facilities were not given the due regard.

This, Mr Hubert said, had led to the breakdown of basic facilities with many of them becoming dilapidated and sometimes being abandoned.

The WV National Director, said this in a speech read for him, at the inauguration of a Community Based Health Planning Services (CHPS) compound the NGO had constructed for the people of Sabule and surrounding communities in the Kintampo South District of Brong-Ahafo Region.

Estimated at GH¢82,000, the facility has residential and clinical facilities equipped with furniture, rain water harvesting system and a two-seater KVIP latrine.

Mr Hubert said the compound and other facilities, such as the 125 boreholes the NGO had constructed, could serve the intended purposes when there was proper maintenance.

He expressed the optimism that with the provision of the health facility, the health staff would in turn give quality of healthcare services to their patients.

Mr Kojo Nyame Datiakwah Bosomfour, the Kintampo South District Chief Executive, expressed gratitude to the WV for helping to improve on health, education and the water supply system in the District.

He said the water coverage in the district, which stood at 33 per cent in some years back, had jumped to 55 per cent because of the support and intervention of WV.

He expressed the hope that the District would achieve the 80 per cent coverage target by the end of the year.

Mr Bosomfour said the District Assembly intended to fuse into its long-term development plan, some policies of the WV, especially in the areas of health, water and education.