AMPA Resource Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) dedicated to good sanitation, especially purity of the Densu River at Nsawam and its environs, has intensified its educational campaign in that respect.
One of such programmes sponsored by the World Bank was held at Nsawam at the weekend during which resource persons took participants through the rudiments of sanitation, especially how to make the water from the Densu River safe for drinking.
The participants who were drawn from the communities that depend on the Densu River, some assembly members of the areas involved and workers of refuse collection companies, expressed concern about the pollution of the Densu River, especially at Nsawam.
According to them, although the Akuapem South Municipal Assembly was doing its best to ensure that the Densu River would not be polluted, the situation had rather worsened.
They said they had therefore decided to serve as watchdogs to apprehend those found dumping refuse or human excreta into the river.
Addressing the participants, the Executive Director of Ampa Resource Foundation, Mr Emmanuel K. Mintah, said his outfit was determined to make Nsawam and its environs tidy and also help make the water from the Densu River safe for drinking.
Mr Mintah said those were being done through radio programmes and dialogue in partnership with the Akuapem South Municipal Assembly, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, a refuse management company, and other stakeholders such as the people in the communities.
He said schoolchildren in the area were being educated on the issue to carry the message to their parents.
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