NGO supports Akuse Methodist school
The Akuse Methodist Basic School in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region have received a donation of educational materials from the Kids at Hearts Foundation, an international non-governmental organisation (NGO).
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Pupils in kindergarten, primary and junior high sections of the school numbering 500 received 10 exercise books, a mathematical set, a technical drawing board, four pens, four pencils and four erasers each.
The event was sponsored by Win-Impex Company Limited, producers of Vitaflex fruit juice, Amasha Optical Partners and some individuals.
Presentation
At a ceremony to present the materials to the school at Akuse, the President of the NGO, Dr Matilda Madiwe Adda, said the group was working towards attaining a society where every child had access to quality education, health care and shelter.
She said since its inception over a decade ago, the group had undertaken activities in the areas of education and had also offered support to orphanages among others.
Dr Adda said the donation to the Akuse Methodist Basic School was part of the group’s programme to engage in charity work annually. She expressed the hope that the donation would help boost the pupils’ interest in education.
“We are desirous of serving as role models to the pupils and would encourage them to take their studies seriously in order to excel,” she said.
The Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Director of Education, Madam Rose Yaa Akanyi, lauded the efforts of other interest groups such as Plan Ghana and Pencils of Promise for providing furniture and educational materials to schools that were in need.
She said children should be given the utmost care in their formative years to enable them to grow to realise their potential.
The head teacher of the Akuse Methodist Basic School, Ms Mary Caesar, received the items and thanked the group for the gesture.
She expressed the hope that the school’s enrolment would increase in the next academic year because of the educational materials the school had received.
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Lower Manya Krobo, Mr Jacob Frederick Kwame Acolatse, who chaired the programme, said the assembly was ready to partner individuals, groups and civil society organisations to promote education in the area.
Background
The Kids at Heart Foundation International, an all- ladies organisation, was founded in 2000 soon after its members had completed their secondary school education.
Its mission is to provide educational, health and infrastructural support to underprivileged children.
