CARO Ghana Hands Over Toilet Facility to Gurungu Health Centre

The Center for Advancing Rural Opportunities (CARO) Ghana, a Non-governmental organization (NGO), has handed over a Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) facility to the Gurungu Health Centre in the Wa West District for effective sanitation management.

The intervention - a two-seater KVIP toilet facility and a hand washing facility - formed part of efforts of the NGO to ensure access to clean WASH services at the community level to contribute to ending open defecation and encouraging good hygiene practices among the people.

Mr Freeman Kanton, the Executive Director of CARO Ghana, handing over the facility during a brief ceremony at Gurungu said the need for the toilet facility was identified during a post-COVID-19 project implementation in the community.

Naa Abubakari Mohammed, the Chief of the Gurungu community, thanked CARO Ghana for the facility gifted to the health center and prayed for God’s protection for the staff of the organization and its partners so they could render more support to the community.

Mr Abubakari Mumuni, the In-Charge of Gurungu Health Center, said the sanitation facility would relieve the staff and patients, especially women and adolescent girls who visit the facility and appealed for more support to help them discharge their duties effectively.