By Benjamin Akoto
Nsoatre, (Bono), Feb. 06, GNA – The Heart for Children Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has inaugurated a-four-unit classroom block for the Nsoatre African Faith Basic School in the Sunyani West Municipality of the Bono Region.
The facility has a staff common room and an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) centre.
Mr Solomon Boateng, the Founder and Director of the Foundation, pledged the foundation’s commitment to tackle some educational and social needs of the people, stressing its readiness to help impact positively on the lives of the people.
“Emerging community challenges have become a responsibility for us,” he stated and urged the people to support him with prayers, as the NGO worked to tackle those challenges.
Mr Johannes Hammink, the Project Coordinator of the Foundation, said the NGO was collaborating with the Stichting Kinderhulp Ghana, its sponsors in the Netherlands, to assist in tackling some of the development challenges in the Sunyani West Municipality.
The Foundation was looking for more opportunities towards the initiation and construction of more development projects, that would accordingly facilitate the development of the municipality and to create and secure a brighter future for children, he said.
Mr Joseph Asiedu, the Headmaster, explained that the school which started with only 35 pupils currently had a population of 744, comprising of 368 boys and 376 girls, and it had maintained a perfect score in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) since 2013.
He indicated that the BECE performance of the students ranged between aggregates 12 to 23, and commended the teachers, urging them to redouble their performance to improve the grades of the students.
Nana Okyei Baffour Agyeman Tia II, the Nseniahene (sub-chief) of Nsoatre, expressed appreciation to the Foundation and commended its founder for his selfless services to the town and its adjoining communities, and advised the students to focus on their studies to derive the best out of the support.
GNA