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Open Defecation

I bow my head down in compunctions and in shame For a contributory factor I had been to that which I blame Oh Yes indeed I take no pride in that and my blame I will claim But, to why I had done that, which you are doing, I seek to correct Open Defecation (OD) is that wrong which we must all melee to right But the battle as mostly waged by the unaffected are defeated in fright For the mostly affected ones stocks the fire as you try to extinguished it My fingers were crossed as I bring to memory the things I had seen at night “The right thing must be done” to myself I said and for that I must write But firs, to know the true cause of the menace I must indeed investigate And for that my journey had started Open defecation is indeed with us for long And shall not persist here with us in Dagbong Painful it shall be to consume that which you defecate But indeed possible such is for your home alongside you go with it It is a nourishment to the houseflies that descend on your food Cause no more sickness to the children with that act A cause of many sickness it is including diarrhoea, it’s a fact 340,000 children under five died in 2013 from diarrhoea related diseases SayNoToOpenDefecatioN

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