Hon. Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Mrs. Cecilia A. Dapaah and Director General of the Ghana Education Service, Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa have commended Unilever Ghana for supporting the successful 7th Schools Sanitation Programme.

This was after they had received the report on the programme for Season Seven in a challenging period of Covid 19.

The Minister and Director General of the Ghana Education Service hailed Unilever Ghana for sponsoring  Season Seven of the Schools Sanitation Programme and providing schools and students over 300,000 of Rexona, 150,000 Key Brillant Nosemasks, 150,000 Vim Nosemasks, over 50,000 pieces of Brillant Soap, over 50,000 pieces of Vaseline, over 70, 000 cans of Vim for cleaning bath houses / sinks and over 30,000 Sunlight Dishwash for cleaning tables and hand wash demo.

The Schools Sanitation Programme is a product of One - On - One Foundation which every second cycle educational institution wish to participate.

It involves learning, practicing personal and environmental as well as quiz and washing competitions.

Students also enjoy the entertainment aspect of sports and fitness with aerobics and dance.

As the programme moves to Season 8 which would be launched soon, General Manager of One - On - One Foundation, Miss Sarah Awini has hinted that they are going to be innovation as usual with the introduction of new events like Television Series to make the Schools Sanitation more exciting and reach a wider range.

She advised students to keep on being hygienic and support environmental cleanliness, by discouraging people from littering their surroundings.

50 schools took part in Season 7, and he promised that it will increase to 70, from 10 regions in Ghana.

By Sammy Heywood Okine