The six KNUST air quality ambassadors championing clean air action across Ghana and West Africa
Shaddai Empress Molson Gattor, Godwin Ebo Fosu, Mercy Mawunyo Apaw, Terry Kwame Azaglo, Amina Amponsah and BillChris Tetteh Ashiangmor were selected as Air Quality Ambassadors under the African School on Air Quality and Pollution Prevention at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Shaddai Empress Molson Gattor now goes into churches, schools and communities, training people to become air guardians. She is also writing a children's storybook on clean air because "if we can really shape the minds of children now, then it means that we are building healthier homes."
Air pollution in Ghana is many problems arriving at the same time, from the same directions, every single day. The State of Global Air report estimates that approximately 32,000 Ghanaians die every year from causes linked to air pollution. The World Bank estimates that Ghana loses billions of dollars annually in productivity and healthcare costs. Shaddai Empress Molson Gattor lost a friend named Franklina in 2018, a young woman with asthma who had an attack after someone burned rubbish outside her window. Godwin Ebo Fosu gives children air tracker cards and asks them to spend a week observing sources of air pollution in their communities through his Catch Them Young initiative.
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Six KNUST air quality ambassadors are championing clean air action across Ghana and West Africa. They're working to combat the invisible threat of air pollution- but what challenges do they face?
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