WASH JOURNALISM INITIATIVE LAUNCHED

Global Water Partnership (GWP) in collaboration with Ghana Wash Journalism Network (GWJN) and the Federation of environmental Journalists (FEJ) launched a Water, Sanitation and  Hygiene (WASH) campaign at the Ghana Institute of Journalism.

The initiative dubbed 'ma wie (I'll talk about) my wash concerns' is aimed at stimulating individuals to become more concerned about the sanitary conditions in their surroundings and further encouraging students to write more environmental stories.

Frederick Asiamah, an official from GWJN, took participants through the rudiments of environmental reporting.

A WASH contest was subsequently launched and students were asked to send entries detailing any topical environmental issue in form of essays, photo stories or radio/television documentaries.