MTN executives, staff sew school bags for deprived children

Led by Chief Executive Officer Serame Taukobong, MTN Ghana executives recently volunteered their services to sew school bags as part of the company’s annual 21 Days of Y’ello Care employee volunteer programme.

In line with the theme “investing in education for all,” MTN staff volunteers undertook various projects across communities to support the development of education in Ghana.

The CEO and executives in Accra joined other MTN staff at the New Century Career Training Center at Dansoman to assist with the sewing of schools bags from old MTN banners and flexi materials. Other staff volunteers also worked on the construction of a containerized e-library for the Ningo Senior High School at Ningo.

In an interview the CEO said he was happy to be part of the Ghana team and to see recycled flexi materials being repurposed into school bags, saying “this is a great initiative being undertaken by my team and it goes back to reinforce our belief in promoting environmentally friendly initiatives.” 

In Takoradi MTN staff worked to achieve a 1,000 school bag target for the Western region. The bags will be distributed to children in schools in the Western Region, Eastern Region and Volta Region.

Some of the beneficiary schools include Anaji Basic School, Beahu Roman Catholic Basic School in the Western Region, Asafo Methodist Basic School, Asafo Presbyterian Basic School, Asafo Roman Catholic Basic School in the Eastern Region, Ave Dakpa Basic School and Lume Atsyame Basic School in the Volta Region.

This year’s 21 Days of Yello Care challenge saw a focus on the establishment of three e-libraries in selected communities.