Hundreds of school children in Fanteakwa North and South benefit from free oral health screen and education from World Vision Ghana and Unilever.
As part of efforts to promote good oral hygiene among school growing children in the Fanteakwa South and North districts of the Eastern Region, World Vision Ghana in collaboration with Unilever Ghana and the Ghana Health Service has organized a health screen program for hundreds of school children in basic schools in both districts.
The children who also received some free products from Pepsodent and world vision were given education on Oral health.
According to World Vision this move forms part of their educational strategies to promote dental health care which ultimately will lead to a healthy living conditions of school going children in rural communities.
Jean- Claude Mukadi Interim National Director World Vision Ghana who shared some thoughts at the screening program at Adjiekrom indicated that World Vision and it’s partners will continue to support vulnerable communities and ensure good oral hygiene.
“So I took some notes from all the presentations from our partners from the health and education and I want to say that it’s very important for every children to have a good oral health, it improves your confidence at all times and your general well-being as a human. We at World Vision Ghana will continue to strengthen partnership with all stakeholders to achieve good oral health”.
” It is also very important to visit the dentist once a year , so parents should endeavour to take their kids to the dentist once a year for screening and check ups to be able to deal with minor cavities and other things before they get out of hands”.
The DadeMantse of Adjeikrom who expressed gratitude to World Vision Ghana for the education on Oral Health called on government to help distribute some free toothbrushes to schools in deprived communities.
“In the older days, our parents used the stick of the plantain, and then they grind charcoal, then they use it to brush our teeth but luckily technology is at play now because of technology, these brands and brushes are coming. So those things are off now so we are happy about everything World Vision is doing for pur children, educating and protecting them, giving them the necessary things that we should use for the benefit of the children’s future”. We want the Ministry of Health and other NGOs like World Vision to come to our aid and government to also help supply some tooth brushes to schools just like they have promised to distribute free sanitary pads to young girls in all schools”.
The Chairman of Local Council of Churches in the Fanteakwa South District Rev Peter Ohene Tetteh who revealed that there are homes in the district where children in some households share a common toothbrush called on parents to desist from such practices.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com
