In other to help curb away the second wave of COVID-19 completely, Rescue Volunteers Ghana refueled it campaign train and continued with the phase 2, awareness creation and offering preventive measures. 60 agents were trained by Rescue Volunteers within the Kpong Circuit of the Lower Manya Krobo Assembly of the Eastern Region to help fight COVID-19 pandemic in their schools as well as homes.
The campaign, held on the theme, “Keeping Students Safe” was organized to re-echo, enforce and inculcate into all students within Ghana, a self-responsibility in the fight against spread of the virus. The Campaign stressed on ambassadorial role of students in the awareness creation and the need to follow the directives, as advised by the World Health Organization (WHO), Ministry of Health (GHS) and His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Ghana.
Representative of the Ghana Health Service reflected on measures to disseminate social and behavioral change messages to increase knowledge and awareness of COVID-19, and to take away the fear some people harbor against the COVID Vaccine.
This was a collaborative effort between Rescue Volunteers Ghana, Ensign College of Public Health (ECOPH), Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Health Directorate of Ghana Education Service (GES), Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Health Directorate of Ghana Health Service (GHS) and the School Health Education Program (SHEP) aimed at fighting the global pandemic in the Assembly. All schools participated in the program, received hand sanitizers and nose mask for onward demonstration and distribution at the school and the community.
