Pupils of Effutu Municipal Assembly Junior High School, Winneba, have been advised to desist from indiscriminate littering and encourage people in their communities to adopt good sanitary practices. The advice was given to the pupils when the Director SHAPE Attitude Ghana gave a talk at the school during one of his visits to schools on sensitisation and awareness raising campaigns.
Ezy Car bin was launched at a durbar in Winneba on 28th April, 2018. The bin is to help keep cars clean through controlled and responsible refuse disposal methods while in cars. It will reduce vehicular littering and disposal of refuse by passengers in moving vehicles.
Final year students from three tertiary institutions in the Central Region of Ghana have been urged to go out and act as agents of change in their communities. This advice was given to students of University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Cape Coast Technical University (CCTU) and the University of Cape Coast (UCC) during the annual orientation of final year students who will be joining the National Service Scheme. The event is organised annually in March and April by the Central Regional National Service Secretariat.
The College of Community Health Nursing, Winneba executed a routine clean-up exercise on their campus on Saturday, March 17, 2018. As part of their activities, SHAPE Attitude Ghana was invited to speak to the students on its anti-littering campaign.
SHAPE Attitude Ambassadors at GOPA School Complex, Jukwa in the Central Region, undertook a sensitisation campaign on clean environment during the march past marking the 61st independence anniversary of Ghana at Jukwa.
SHAPE Attitude Ghana ceased the opportunity of the “Theatre for Development project” by the final year students of the Department of Theatre Arts from the University of Education, Winneba to propagate SHAPE Attitude’s message of avoiding indiscriminate littering and open defecation in Warabeba Peace Child School on 1st March, 2018. The message was carried by Mr. Binji Seidu Zakaria, team leader of the facilitators from students of Department of Theatre Arts.
Final year students of the Department of Theatre Arts, University of Education, Winneba, embarked on a “Theatre for Development project” with ‘Your Health First’ as the theme. The project dubbed “Viable means for promoting positive attitudes towards sanitation” was undertaken at Warabeba, a fishing village near Winneba. The project which was part of the final year requirements from the students, also aimed at raising awareness and funds to rehabilitate the only public toilet in the community to stop open defecation.
A durbar was held by the Seventh Day Preparatory School in Winneba on 11 August 2017 to mark the 20th anniversary of the School. The theme chosen for the occasion was on holistic education.
The guest speaker for the occasion spoke about holistic education which he explained was not about the orthodox classroom education but rather the ability of one preparing himself for analytical thinking in all spheres of life. He called on parents and teachers to work together to achieve it.
SHAPE Attitude Ghana was invited to give a talk on sanitation at a forum at Gomoa Ohua near Dawurampong off Apam Junction on Friday 27th October, 2017. The forum which was organised by Radio Peace, Winneba, had the theme “Community Participation in Children’s wellbeing”. It was part of series of community activities organised in collaboration with UNICEF, Radio Peace, Ghana Health Service, School Health Education Programme of the Ghana Education Service, Environmental Health Unit and Chiefs of Gomoa Ohua.
First year students of the College of Community Health Nursing, Winneba, have been advised to adopt good sanitary practices to protect their health and the environment. The advise was given at the College by the Director of Shape Attitude Ghana, Wonderful Baisie Ghartey, at one of the orientation sessions for “freshers” on 5 October 2017.