Malaria project presents football, jerseys to GES
The USAID Network Ghana Project, an advocacy programme for malaria prevention, has presented 2,882 football jerseys to the Ghana Education Service (GES).
The presentation was to acknowledge and reward Ghanaian teachers and schoolchildren who have engaged in malaria activities and educated their communities on malaria prevention.
Schools that benefited from the presentation included the Goi and Akplabanya basic schools in the Sege District.
The teachers and schoolchildren used various tools such as music, drama and visual art to educate the public on the need to prevent malaria in the country.
Intervention
In his remarks at the presentation ceremony, the Deputy Mission Director of USAID, Mr Andy Karas, observed that even though malaria was preventable, the burden on humanity was still very high in the country.
He said in view of that, USAID was working effectively and efficiently with the Ghana Health Service, National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) and GES to implement approaches aimed at reducing the impact of the disease.
According to him, some selected teachers in the 10 regions of Ghana were being trained to creatively use various tools such as drama and music to educate the public on malaria prevention.
The training, he added, charged the teachers to impact such skills to the schoolchildren to disseminate prevention messages within their communities.
He, therefore, commended the teachers, schoolchildren and other partners for their support and urged them to continue spreading the message in the communities.
GES response
The National School Health Education Programme (SHEP) Co-ordinator, Madam Kate Opoku, who received the jerseys, exptressed the gratitude to USAD and appealed to it to give SHEP vehicles to help spread the message.
Speaking on behalf of the Acting Director General of GES, Mr Charles Aheto-Tsegah, she pledged to support USAID and other partners to reduce malaria in the country.
The District Chief Executive of Ada West, Mr Anthony Klokpa, urged the communities to work hard to fight against malaria in the country.
