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Kick Malaria
Africa, AMA to clean beaches on Feb. 7
Accra, Jan. 22, Ghanadot/GNA—Kick Malaria Out
of Africa, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) championing
the cause of malaria eradication in the country, in
collaboration with the Ashiedu Keteke Sub-Metro of the Accra
Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) would embark on a clean-up
exercise on the beaches on Saturday, February 7 to boost
tourist attraction.
The exercise would also help reduce the filth which had
engulfed the beaches, creating breeding grounds for
mosquitoes.
Mr. Kwabena Osei-Bonsu, Chief Executive of the NGO, who
announced this in Accra on Thursday, said the exercise which
would begin from the James Town Beach, would end at the Coco
Beach at Nungua.
He said the issue of malaria eradication in the country
should not be the sole responsibility of the government.
Mr Osei Bonsu therefore, asked Ghanaians to support the
programme and change their attitude towards waste management
and that without the behavioural change, the country would
continue to remain in filth for years.
He said the NGO would form waste management clubs in first
and second cycle schools in the regions to manage waste and
that the best club would be awarded every year.
Mr Osei-Bonsu said plans were far advanced for his
organization to embark on outdoor spraying along the coastal
areas of the country as a way of minimizing the spread of
the malaria disease.
He called on keep fit clubs, religious organizations and
other non-governmental organizations to help make the
programme a success.
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