Why is this bucket called ‘veronica bucket’

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The veronica bucket is a bucket with a tap near the bottom that is perched above a basin to catch runoff for effective hand washing.The bucket is not only used in Ghana but in many African countries.It has become essential in stopping the spread of many diseases such as Cholera, Ebola and currently the Coronavirus pandemic.

It is commonly used in areas where running water from taps from the water company are scarce and therefore very common in some hospitals and schools.

The outbreak of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), has seen demand for the veronica bucket shot up as it is being used in homes, workplaces, churches and mosques among others.

Why is it called veronica bucket?It is called veronica bucket because the person who invented it is called Veronica Bekoe, a retired Ghanaian biological scientist.It has been named after her.

Madam Veronica Bekoe attended the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) from 1968 to 1972 and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biology.

She has over 30 years’ experience in medical laboratory practice and was a head of the National Public Reference Laboratory in Accra.

It was during her time at the laboratory that she was inspired to invent the veronica bucket.

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Child labour in Africa — Center for Young Africans

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This image, with the writings akwaaba meaning “welcome” is one of the popular images we see around in our country or the diaspora. It hungs in offices, bars, eating joints, embassies, airports and other notable places to welcome visitors at a particular place.The aim of this iconic photo was to be taken and hunged in the hall of a young teenage girl in the year 1999,little did she know it was going to be hunged on billboards or huge walls in our local and international airports to receive visitors. Angelina Nana Akua Oduro, the personality in the “akwaaba” photo had her inspiration from a picture of a half naked lady she saw in beads pouring out palm wine on a wall of a drinking bar which her mother used to send her to.