Source: http://www.ghananewsagency.org/education/unicef-constructs-sanitation-facility-for-school-119977 | By Rashid Mbugri, GNA

Tamale, July 24, GNA – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has handed over a newly constructed sanitation facility worth USD 32,000 to the Central Zaharia T.I Ahmadiyya Primary and Junior High School to help improve the hygiene of pupils.

The facility, funded by the Government of Netherlands, includes a six-seater latrine facility for the Primary and Kindergarten, four-seater latrine facility for the J.H.S, an overhead water storage tank and two hand washing facilities.

UNICEF in partnership with the Ghana Education Service (GES) handed over the facility to the school authorities over the weekend at Lamashegu, a suburb of Tamale.

The facility is part of its four-year urban sanitation project taking place in Ashaiman and Ho Municipalities in Greater Accra and Volta Regions and in the Tamale Metropolis aimed at improving sanitation practices.

Central Zaharia T.I Ahmadiyya is one of 10 schools in the Tamale Metropolis that has benefited from the project.

Madam Susan Namondo Ngongi, the Country Director of UNICEF, called on … read more at source.