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Saturday, April 11, 2020

DAMAK COMMUNITY OPERATION 10,000 SANITIZERS

DAMAK COMMUNITY OPERATION 10,000 SANITIZERS IN THE FIGHT OF COVID-19
DAMAK Sanitation Watch & Health…Is a .non-Governmental organisation that seeks to resolve environmental challenges through publicity, education, and economic empowerment using new innovative mechanisms in our quest to help find accessible and definite health related solutions to society.
Damak in collaboration with IDP International Directhelp Projects had already donated free alcohol based hand sanitizers to orphanage children homes, the Kumasi Children's Hospital, the Ghana Prisons Service, and steeps are being facilitated to advance speedy completion of already commenced water projects in the Ashanti Regional capital of Ghana to provide accessible water to deprive communities in the region in aid of combating the novel coronavirus and community development, and you can follow our blog link for update on our project works…http://damak233.blogspot.com/
Ghana has a population of over 30 million and the Ashanti Region is the second largest populated region with 3million population. And the region have identified as the second hotspots of people affected with the coronavirus, even though, the government of Ghana has layed down strenuous measures through the distribution of medical suppliers, PPEs, nose marks  among others to the various hospitals, but same is not done to individuals especially in the deprive communities.
The country has extended its partial lockdown tightens restriction of people’s movement. And in regards to this further partial lock down, mass rush for protective materials are on high demand compelling the prices of alcohol based hand sanitizers to shot up compelling deprive communities to live by prayers due to financial impediments.
Having identified these challenge confronting people living in the deprive communities, we write this as a proposal seeking for financial support from corporate institutions, individuals, and non-governmental organisations to enable us support the people of Atwima Kwanwoma District in the Ashanti Regional capital of Ghana.
END USERS Deprive communities in affected region in Ghana- Ashanti region
We have targeted to distribute ten thousand (10,000) alcohol based hand sanitizers to the vulnerable ones in the deprived communities in the region for free of charge to enable them combat the covid-19.
Damak shall engage the local District Assembly Members and Unity Committee members and the District Health Directorate to ensure equitable and transparent distribution of products to the vulnerable ones.
REASONS FOR SUPPORT  The outfit have in it endeavors conducted a community survey through the local assembly members and they raised the concerns about the unavailability of hand sanitizers due to scarcity, high  cost of prices, restrictions of movement and more importantly financial obligations.
The selected community even though not Atwima Kwanwoma District alone, but other communities that have no access to protective materials from government to mitigate the spread of the virus and has been a worrying situation confronting residents living in such communities.
PROJECT VALUE/ QUANTITY  We have comparatively did market surveillance on the prices of tested alcohol based hand sanitizers and the moderate and to say the lowest price for 0.5 litre size container is $1.73 united State Dollar.The table below illustrate the value and quantity of sanitizers needed:
ITEM
QTY
UNIT PRICE
TOTAL AMOUNT
Sanitizers
10,000
$1.73
$17,300
There have been several reports of the unavailability of sanitizers, nose marks in the deprive communities to protect themselves against the covid-19 which has been mounting fear and panic in the communities. Through this concerns and fear among the vulnerable ones, we wish to extend a hand of help through your individual donations to allay their fear and further contribute our individual quota in the fight of world pandemic-covid-19.
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and Zenith Bank Ghana: Pierre P. Petitjean IDP/DAMAK 4011632058 BIC/SWIFT-Code ZEBLGHACXXX