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As part of Unilever�s Sustainable Plan goal to help 25 million people gain improved access to toilets by 2020, Unilever Ghana Foundation has handed over 2 newly built Hygiene Stations valued at 80,000 Ghana Cedis to 2 schools in Tema. The beneficiary schools were Padmore Primary School and Community 5 number 3 Primary School. The facilities comprises 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. At the unveiling ceremony, Mr. Andrew Quayson, Chairman of the Unilever Ghana Foundation said, �One child dies every 15 seconds from diarrhea disease, which is the second most common cause of death in children under five across the world. Sadly, more than 80% of the deaths occur in Africa and Asia. Given the facts, Unilever is 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� Receiving the facilities, The Director of Ghana Education Service at Tema � Mrs. Veronica Adzato-Ntem, commended Unilever for the kind gesture and promised to ensure that the facilities are maintained well to serve its impactful purpose. The Tema Mantse, Nii Adjei Kraku II, 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 who presented 6 Boxes of Lifebuoy Soap to the schools said �2.5 billion people, a third of the world's population do not have access to sanitary toilets or latrines. 75% of Ghanaian do not have access to clean and safe toilet facilities. He noted, �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 will continue to die from preventable diseases such as diarrhea and cholera�.