Ecobank supports 25 brilliant needy students
Twenty-five brilliant needy junior high school graduates across the country have benefited from a scholarship package from Ecobank Ghana to enable them to further their education to the secondary level.
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The scholarship was awarded to students as part of activities marking the third edition of the annual Ecobank Day celebrations, which is observed in all the 36 countries that the bank operates.
Every year, the bank uses the last Saturday in October to give back to societies in line with the objective of helping grow the communities within its areas of operations.
Ecobank and its affiliate companies, namely Ecobank Ghana Limited, eProcess International, Ecobank Development Corporation (EDC) and the Pan-African
Savings and Loans Company Limited, collectively dedicated Gh¢ 600,000 to carry out various humanitarian projects across the country.
The beneficiaries were selected from deprived communities from across the country who scored between aggregates six and 10.
In Accra, the day was marked at the La Nkwantanan Cluster of Schools in the Madina Municipality where some of the senior staff of the bank engaged in community activities.
Most of the students have already gained admission to top senior high schools in the country, including Wesley Girls , Mfantsiman Girls , OLA , Mawuli, Pope John’s.
Computer donations
Ecobank also handed over 20 computers to the La Nkwantanan Cluster of four schools, a mechanised borehole, with a treatment plant and two water tankers, which addresses a lingering water shortage in the schools. As part of activities for the day, Ecobank also provided seven other mechanised boreholes to various needy communities and institutions across the country.
The beneficiaries include Princess Marie Louis Children's Hospital, Ketu South Municipal Hospital, Kpintariga Community in Tamale, Zongo Community in Sunyani, Kenyasi Community Basic School in the Brong Ahafo Region, Abenaso Community and Tafo Government Hospital. Meanwhile, the Dzorwulu Special School also got plastic chairs, sewing machines, hair dryers and computers; Accra Psychiatric Hospital got hospital mattresses and mosquito nets. Tarkwa Government Hospital also had an incubator; and Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, buckets of paint, CPAP equipment and other consumables.
The Executive Director for Legal, Human Resource and Compliance at Ecobank Ghana, Morgan Asiedu, said Ecobank Day was being observed in all 36 countries where the bank operated with the aim of contributing to the development of Africa and its peoples.
He said the choice of projects this year was aimed at reaching out to the millions of children in Africa who were unable to live in dignity and realise their full potential because of socio-economic impediments.
The La Nkwantanang Municipal Director of Education, Elisabeth Oduro Mensah, thanked Ecobank for the gesture, saying it would “positively impact on and motivate not only the pupils, but also individuals and the communities at large”.