Stars Lead GUBA And British High Commission’s “Keep Clean Campaign”

The GUBA Foundation organized an awareness walk and clean up exercise in Jamestown on Friday 10^th June 2016 to kick start its maiden “Keep Clean Campaign”.

The Jamestown Clean Walk drew about 100 participants including school children assembled from five basic and second cycle institutions in Jamestown and seasoned musicians and actors in the country. The walk started from the premises of the Sacred Heart Technical School, through principal streets in Jamestown and back to the school.

The 3 km health march and clean up was a schools’ education programme sponsored by the British High Commission to sensitize school children and residents of Jamestown on the need to develop and maintain proper sanitation habits.

Young people from Jewish Preparatory School, Happy Day Academy, Accra Royal and Christ the King of Kings Preparatory School and the Sacred Heart Technical School were joined by singer Becca and actor Nana Ama McBrown to clear plastic wastes and desilt gutters in the community.

Tourism ambassador Abeiku Santana also led the team to donate waste bins and other cleaning items valued at 5,000 Ghana Cedis to all the participating schools.

The Chief Executive Officer of the GUBA Foundation, Dentaa Amoateng said the programme is an endeavor to shape not only the present, but the future of communities.

“Children acknowledging their responsibility towards their surroundings will influence the extent they would go to protect it from anything that might harm it. A filthy environment endangers us and the communities we our call homes”, she said

Speaking on the importance of the programme, the British High Commissioner, Jon Benjamin said the Keep Clean Campaign will empower children to take responsibility for and ownership of their home and environment.

The Keep Clean Campaign is another example of British High Commission’s excellent relationship with GUBA. But we know that it doesn’t stop here; it is just the beginning. What is happening today needs to become a habit and part of everyday life for the young people of Jamestown – he added.

The “Keep Clean Campaign, is a year-long sensitisation project sponsored by the British High Commission to target school children. Organisers hope to instill in the children a sense of responsibility to protect themselves, their families and community from filth.

The theme for the campaign is: “A Clean Community is a Child’s Birth Right and Our Responsibility”. The walk and clean up exercise are the first of two sessions of the campaign. The second is a workshop with the school children that would begin in September.

GUBA Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation that seeks to address problems and issues relating to poverty, disability and health in Ghanaian and African communities in the United Kingdom and Ghana. The Foundation’s vision is to provide awareness, support, and guidance to the families, encourage strong community cohesion and ensure that communities have access to the services that they require.

Through its mother organization-GUBA (Ghana UK Based Achievement) Awards and its successful non-profit business and innovation awards, the charity has developed a reputation for transforming ideas into reality and embracing new challenges. The foundation has previously supported children and families living with Autism.

Nana Ama Mcbrown In A Pose With School Kids Who Took Part In The Clean Up