The United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has impacted lives in the Savannah Region of Ghana.
The Chief Field Officer of UNICEF Ghana, Mr Bhanu Pathak, disclosed this when he led a delegation to pay a courtesy call on the Savannah Regional Minister, Mr Saeed Muhazu Jibril.
Mr Pathak gave an account of the projects UNICEF had executed in the region to promote the living standards of the people, including the implementation of maternal and child health interventions in the Bole District, West and East Gonja Municipalities.
‘UNICEF has also successfully rolled out Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) which has also impacted many lives,’ Mr Pathak added.
On education, he said UNICEF provided boreholes for 16 schools which are serving over 4000 school children in the region.
According to him, over 6,250 children are also benefiting from institutional toilet components that UNICEF had built for 25 schools.
‘During the heat of the Covid-19 pandemic, when schools were closed down, UNICEF also initiated the Ghana Learning Radio Programme and successfully piloted it in six communities of the region,’ he added.
He disclosed that the agency has also launched a campaign to end open defecation through the provision of loans to support the building of toilets for citizens.
In his remarks, the Savannah Regional Minister, Mr Jibril acknowledged the contribution of UNICEF, stating that he experienced many projects from them when he was the Municipal Chief Executive for the West Gonja Municipality.
Bala Ali, ISD
