The Unilever Ghana Foundation has handed over two newly built Hygiene Stations valued at GH¢80,000.00 to two schools in Tema.

The beneficiary schools are Padmore Primary School and Community 5 Number 3 Primary School.

The gesture is part of Unilever’s Sustainable Plan goal to help 25 million people gain improved access to toilets by 2020.

The facilities comprise six washrooms with six hand washing units at the Padmore Primary School and four washrooms with four hand washing units at the Community 5 Number 3 School for both teachers and pupils.

Mr. Andrew Quayson, Chairman of the Unilever Ghana Foundation, said, a child died every 15 seconds from diarrhoeal diseases, which was the second most common cause of death in children under five years across the world.

He said more than 80 per cent of the deaths occurred in Africa and Asia.

The Chairman said given the facts, Unilever was committed to improving the health and wellbeing of a billion people around the world by 2020.

“This is a big goal within the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan and we are determined to get there,” he stressed.

Mrs. Veronica Adzato-Ntem, The Director of Ghana Education Service at Tema, receiving the facilities, commended Unilever for the gesture and promised to ensure that the facilities were maintained well to serve its impactful purpose.

Nii Adjei Kraku II, The Tema Mantse, praised Unilever for its continued support of the Tema Community by providing Hygiene Stations to the schools.

Mr. Gabriel Opoku-Asare, Head of Corporate Affairs at Unilever Ghana, presented six Boxes of Lifebuoy Soap to the schools.

He said about 2.5 billion people, a third of the world's population, did not have access to sanitary toilets or latrines.

He said 75 per cent of Ghanaians did not have access to clean and safe toilet facilities.

He said without access to clean, safe toilets and the adoption of basic hygiene practices, such as hand washing with soap, too many people around the world would continue to die from preventable diseases, such as diarrhea and cholera.