A several weeks back, the President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo achieved with leaders of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and expressed a extremely tangible concern.
These ended up the early days of the Covid-19 outbreak in Ghana and there was a phone by a large area of Ghanaians for a lockdown.
He described that there were being a good deal of components to look at in advance of having these kinds of a conclusion, and till all boxes are checked, it will be challenging, nearly unachievable to have out this kind of an motion.
He highlighted how the vulnerable in the society would be his concentrate and what mitigating efforts necessary to be put in location in advance of proceeding.
Rapid forward, a partial lockdown was set in put, and govt, by means of the Ministry of Gender, Little ones and Social Safety announced the actions taken for head porters in many parts of the capital to endure throughout the lockdown period.
Even though we have chalked some successes with this, in this period exactly where social distancing is the new get of survival, just one can clearly observe that extra requirements to be accomplished so we do not expose the head porters to damage in the method of serving to them.
In a discussion with a mate, this situation came up, and there have been some intriguing opinions shared.
Now, all schools are on trip. Is it, therefore, attainable to residence them in the boarding houses of some universities?
In this kind of an surroundings, the facilitators can basically implement social distancing when sharing beds and the bathtub houses and washrooms are by much superior than the conditions on the streets.
If the earlier mentioned is carried out, feeding turns into simpler and more coordinated. The eating halls of these schools will be opened, and those housed will be fed in shifts.
The vacant school rooms can be employed for classes so these youthful women can be trained in basket weaving, pottery, bead making, essential English and arithmetic.
Once more, govt companies will be obtainable to aid them established up in their dwelling towns when all this is over, and get them a completely ready market place for the capabilities taught.
Some of the educational institutions are also near to markets and so for these who prefer to go and get the job done, they have the comfort to do so, continue to report again just before mattress time and examine in consistently.
The Ministry of Wellbeing with assistance from the Ghana Wellness Assistance can also set up a wellness tent that will do random checks and keep track of all those in the camps.
Ideally, by the time anything returns to typical, they would have learnt a skill and will be ready to relocate to their property regions and operate with these abilities, employing their contacts in authorities to market place their solutions and minimize the quantity of people today on the streets.
Then, lastly, these educational facilities can be fumigated and college students will be again on campus.
Company as usual!