Sanitation: 2019 Miss Metro Ghana candidates will use beauty and spirit as a weapon of "war"

Health News Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Source: Charity Emehill Bartels

2019-07-16

The sanitation situation in Ghana requires what is expected to be described as a practical approach to coping with the growing challenge. It is therefore only right that the fight against sanitation problems in the country should be done with a human face, because, according to the researchers, the problem lies more in the attitude of the people.

That's why the Miss Metro Ghana contest is a one-of-a-kind campaign. The MMG for Sanitation is a unique beauty pageant that seeks to crown a beauty queen who, by virtue of her talent, skills, commitment, hard work and patriotism, will become the campaign ambbadador. His work, among others, raises awareness and awareness among the general public. on the economic, social and psychological woes of dirt in society.

Wars are all over the world with weapons, but the unanswered question is what weapons could be used to fight this deadly chancre called filth? This question is what the Miss Metro Foundation seeks to achieve with the MMG project, using beauty, intelligence, skills, nationalism and love as essential weapons to overcome the unhealthy conditions in the country, targeting a community at a time.

Ghana has had many successes in terms of sustainable development goals, ranging from access to education to access to health and employment.

Unfortunately, the same can not be said of SGD 6, which clearly states that all UN member countries must ensure access to safe drinking water and good sanitation.

Research suggests that Ghana spends nearly $ 290 million a year on poor sanitation. In a country where resources are limited and where successive governments find it difficult to distribute equitably in all sectors of the country, the country can not afford to spend more than 1.2% of its GDP on a problem that could easily be avoided if people decided to change attitude and mentality. towards the environment.

The tourist sites and the beautiful beaches of the country have now acquired the status of dumps and places of convenience for those who do not have access to adequate sanitary facilities, so that open defecation is rampant in the areas. rural areas and in certain urban areas. This, according to the minister of sanitation and water resources, calls for a more radical approach.

L & # 39; Hon. In her media discussions at the Ministry of Information's "Meet the Press" series, Cecilia Dapaah made an unusual appeal to young women asking them not to marry men who do not have toilets in their homes. the House.

"We know what sanitation gives us, sanitation gives us all dignity, especially women, and so I pray to all girls: if you get married and the man does not have a toilet at home, not agree.

This advocacy may sound a bit funny and out of place, but the harsh reality of open defecation and growing filth in society calls for radical attempts, not only by refusing to marry in homes devoid of toilet, but also using the woman's brain, beauty and skills as masters of the house to ensure that the age-old phenomenon that gradually erodes the beauty of some large cities like Kumasi in the Ashanti region, Tamale in the Northern region, Sekondi-Takoradi in the Western region, Accra in the Greater Accra region just to name a few.

The 2019 edition of the Miss Metro Ghana contest raised the standards of the first and second editions even higher, the candidates having to go through a public voting system based on their project work in the different metropolitan cities, while ensuring a national call through their educational and awareness programs.

In total, eighteen (18) girls were selected during the audition, three (3) women representing the six metropolitan cities of the country. Twelve (12) will be in the final to compete for the ultimate prize to become the Miss Metro Ghana Queen 2019.

During a hearing with NewsGhana during the hearing, some candidates shared their views on the growing problem, claiming that the Miss Metro Ghana Project for Sanitation is a good platform that open the eyes to the many dangers related to fouling. the opportunity for candidates to interact with their mayors and other community leaders by claiming other ways to deal with the problem.

Mr. Denis Kosi Glah, CEO of the Miss Metro Foundation, also pointed out that the Miss Metro show was not just a beauty contest like the ones known to Ghanaians, but that it inculcated the habit of cleanliness, patriotism and a response to a national call.

In that many of the selected candidates identify with the problem, they have seen the end results and aspire to make things better for themselves and for their communities, the most important being the voice of the many innocent children who have lost their lives to preventable diseases related to dirt.

The Miss Metro Ghana grand finale for sanitation is set to take place later in the year, as all hopeful candidates wear the enviable crown and follow in the footsteps of previous queens such as Serwaa and Lucky who recently joined other young ambbadadors from around the world to attend a 2019 Ford Foundation conference in the United States of America because of his hard work and the success of his "End Open Defecation" project in the North Region.

The organizers are therefore asking Ghana, local businesses and stakeholders to work together to make this noble course a worthwhile experience as businesses thrive in cleaner environments.