Sanitation

Health Benefits of the Beach to the Society. By:Mabel Korkor Ocansey SYNI Amongst all of nature’s gift, the beach is an environment that provides freedom. A perfect place to calm your mind, body and soul, feel the sun on your face, the wind in your hair, the sand between your toes and the lulling sounds of waves gently breaking the shore. Technically, the beach is a narrow, usually gently sloping strip of land that borders the body of water, such as lake or ocean. It serves as a platform for social relations, Hence there’s a need to ensure sanitation around the beach. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Sanitation generally refers to the provision of facilities and services for the safe disposal of human urine and feces. The picture of beach sanitation in Ghana is embarrassing as open defecation is widespread as three out of five Ghanaians attend natures call in the drains and at the beach. The challenges to beach sanitation in Ghana in linked to the inability ...

CAUSES OF POOR SANITATION ALONG THE BEACH Taking a walk along the beach, relaxing or playing at the beach can be a real treat on a hot day. According to J. Aaron Hipp, the beach offers restorative benefits to the individual.But then, how will one feel when one gets to the beach and finds the place uncomfortable dirty? It is really disturbing and the level of pollution can put on off from staying longer.There are many causes of poor sanitation along the beach and I am more concerned about the various human activities that seek to tarnish the image of many beautiful beaches values. I get extremely sad at the way we continue to deal with the situation of beach sanitation and its related problems.Defecating and throwing of rubbish and animals roaming about along the beach, I consider as the major causes of poor sanitation along the beach. Most residents along the beach such as Bola beach and Jamestown beach lack public and household toilet facilities and the ones available are just few. ...

ECONOMIC IMPOTRANCE OF CLEAN BEACHES TO GHANA Poor sanitation along the beach pollutes the environment and atmosphere and this inevitably leads to the outbreak of diseases such as cholera,diarrhoea, typhoid, malaria and many other preventable diseases when our beaches are cleaned and unlittered. Beach polluted by plastic   Cleaned beaches have lots of benefit especially for a developing country like Ghana and it's economy. The coast in Ghana is one of the most visited environment in the country by both locals and foreigners. Cleaned beaches have allowed for more tourists in the country where they can relax and enjoy themselves once they are in the country. A popular beach environment is the BOJO BEACH.It is located at bortianor close to the densu River delta in Accra.A hotel has been built close to the beach making it a resort.                                           ...