{"id":1883,"date":"2016-12-07T12:37:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T10:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wearewater.org\/project\/building-of-public-toilets-and-educational-campaign-against-open-air-defecation-in-old-ningo-ghana\/"},"modified":"2023-11-14T10:55:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T08:55:14","slug":"building-of-public-toilets-and-educational-campaign-against-open-air-defecation-in-old-ningo-ghana","status":"publish","type":"waw_project","link":"https:\/\/www.wearewater.org\/en-in\/projects\/building-of-public-toilets-and-educational-campaign-against-open-air-defecation-in-old-ningo-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Building of public toilets and educational campaign against open air defecation in Old Ningo, Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">On the ground<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Insufficient sanitation infrastructure network and high rate of open defecation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The community of Ahwiam, included in the Ningo Prampram district in Ghana, has a population of 5.000 people, where 90% of the households lack a bathroom, thus needing to use a precarious and insufficient network of toilets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the second semester of 2015, a previous study was carried out on the population in Ahwiamun by means of a survey. Most of the survey respondents (55.7%) declared that they defecate in open air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Open air defecation is a major problem in the community, with important consequences for health, especially among the most vulnerable population groups. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The existing network of public toilets is insufficient both in numbers and in quality, being in a deplorable state of conservation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In detail<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The new toilet blocks that have been recently built are closed as their maintenance is not organised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The urban structure of the town and the opinion of the inhabitants indicate that the solution for the basic sanitation is the building of public toilets and communal pits. It is necessary to educate the population so that it may acquire healthy hygiene habits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wearewater.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/aseos-ghana-2_277057-edited-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Aseos Ghana 2\" class=\"wp-image-3437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wearewater.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/aseos-ghana-2_277057-edited-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wearewater.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/aseos-ghana-2_277057-edited-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wearewater.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/aseos-ghana-2_277057-edited-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wearewater.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/aseos-ghana-2_277057-edited-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wearewater.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/aseos-ghana-2_277057-edited.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1884,"template":"","class_list":["post-1883","waw_project","type-waw_project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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