In the fight against the novel coronavirus, regular hand washing has been recommended by medical experts as needful and combative. It is for this reason that a woman of God named Prophetess Mercy Coffie has designed a hand washing stand to aid in effective and proper hand washing.

She has noticed that hand washing stand has been ignored by many yet it plays a very significant role in the cleaning of hands. Her passion to solve societal problems and to make life easier for people motivated her to see this through.

The stand was designed to support and keep the hand washing materials in good position for easier washing and cleaning of hands.

The well designed stand has a considerable height to avoid the bending of waist and knees which could be a discomfort to many, especially, the aged, and people with back and waist pains. The stand provides an area for a veronica bucket or gallon, tissue roll, a bowl, liquid soap and a hand sanitizer. She has observed that these materials are mostly placed on tables or, other flat surfaces.

These surfaces can be easily contaminated and could result in cross infection. The stand has been well-fitted against strong winds and prevents the materials from falling to the ground which could have been the case for tables and other weak surfaces. The container for the hand sanitizer was provided to be filled and refilled, and users can easily press the container with the back of the palm to release the liquid. The tissue roll has been placed on a handle and covered, to avoid dust and other unwanted material from contaminating it.

The prophetess is encouraging men and women of God to follow suit in a bid to create employment opportunities for the youth in the country by finding Ghanaian solutions to Ghanaian problems.

She is hopeful, that, the stand would offer the necessary assistance in the fight against the coronavirus through effective hand washing.

She has donated a number of these stands to some institutions and a lot more stands are being donated.