CWSA Renovates 48-Year-Old Toilet Facility For Bolga Preparatory School

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Built in 1972, the Bolgatanga Preparatory Model School has seen very little renovation since then. Any time maintenance works were done on the school, the very little funds allocated for the purpose were used to work on classrooms or offices.

Over time, the school’s toilet facility became overused and was no longer fit for purpose. Therefore, pupils and teachers resorted to hiding in bushes and rocks behind the school to respond to nature’s call.

This situation according to the headmistress, Catherine Azantilow, affected school attendance especially among girls during their menstrual period. 

“The toilet has not been in use since the early 80s and it is always sad to see our girls engage in open defecation” she said.

Josephine Awakre, a Primary 6 pupil of the School also told Joy News “whenever we have our period, there was no place for us to change our clothes. Sometimes we hide behind the rocks (to try and change clothes) and we even end up stepping on other people’s faeces”.

Fortunately, the Bolgatanga office of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) under the Additional Financing- Sustainable Rural Water and Sanitation Project (AF-SRWSP) with funding from World Bank/IDA has responded to the plight of Josephine and over 2, 000 of her colleague pupils at the Bolgatanga Preparatory Model School.

The agency has renovated the 48-year-old toilet facility to the tune of about ¢79, 000. 

By : Joy News