The ASA Savings and Loans Limited, a financial organisation, has provided a mechanised borehole with standpipes for the Suhum Islamic Girls Senior High School in the Eastern Region as part of its corporate social responsibility in the area.
At the handover ceremony last Monday, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the ASA Savings and Loans Limited, Gwen Muteiwa, noted that the organisation saw the need and importance of water as life and, to a large extent, the plight of the girls in the school, hence the need for the provision of water to the school.
According to the CEO, she was a product of a girls' school and, therefore, knew the challenges girls without water in school faced.
She congratulated the teachers of the school on their efforts in handling the girls in spite of the challenges.
"To the teachers, I want to say thank you for all the efforts you are making towards the education of the girl-child.
But for teachers, all of us would not have been where we are now," the CEO noted.
She advised the girls to support one another in all activities that would promote effective learning.
She explained that many a time, in girls' schools, you see them fighting one another about unnecessary things which had no bearing on their studies and therefore entreated them to put aside their petty quarrels and support one another with their studies, which was the main reason for being in the school.
"If you find someone who is struggling, be it a subject that you are good at, try and help the person.
I think gone are the days when girls would be fighting among themselves.
Stop bullying in school and concentrate on your studies to be successful at the end of your time here", Ms Muteiwa advised.
Challenges
The Assistant Headmistress of the school in charge of Domestic, Rahmah Dasmani who received the facility on behalf of management, expressed gratitude of the school on behalf of the Headmistress, Hajia Safia Salifu, the management and the entire students for the kind gesture and support as it would go a long way to ease the challenges of the girls in the school.
She said the school, with a current population of 2,015 students, had no standard dining hall, enough classroom blocks, as well as an assembly ground to host students' programmes and events.
She, therefore, entreated the government and all other benevolent organisations to come to the aid of the school, as the ASA Savings and Loans Limited had shown the way with the provision of the borehole.
The Head Prefect of the school, Falilatu Akparibo Abdullai, on behalf of the student body, was equally grateful to the benefactor for the kind gesture.
She said the water challenge they faced in many instances delayed them in attending classes early, as they had to go to other places looking for water.
That, she explained, further affected not only their early attendance in classes but also washing during weekends.
She pledged that the Utility Prefect of the school would ensure that the facility was maintained and locked when not in use to avoid wastage.
