By Victoria Agyemang
Cape Coast, Feb. 27, GNA – Rythm Foundation, a social impact organisation, in partnership with the Anopa Project, have handed over two constructed water pathways and a polytank to two special schools in Cape Coast in the Central Region.
The beneficiary schools involving, the Ghana National Inclusive school in Cape Coast, had a resurfaced water pathway leading to their dormitories and hostels, which previously posed great danger and was inaccessible, especially for visually impaired students, while the Aboom Special School also received a polytank, to curtail their persistent water crisis.
The support has made a significant difference in ensuring safety and easy access to clean water supply for students in these special schools.
Rythm Foundation through volunteering engagements, seeks to invest in human development programmes to empower lives, and transform communities under its infrastructural enhancement programme.
The provision of the facilities forms part of the Foundation’s three-year project to create a more inclusive and compassionate environment, where every student could navigate their way to success.
Mr Ernest Appiah, the Executive Director for the Anopa Project, said the initiative was geared towards improving lives for special children to help build their confidence and be more comfortable around people.
“Our projects seek to encourage the children to associate with each other to help them achieve their potentials,” he said.
Mr Appiah pledged the commitment of the Foundation to ensure that special school children enjoyed access to quality education, to help lift the burden on parents and teachers.
Mrs Phyllis Asante-Krobea, the Cape Coast Metropolitan Director of Education, expressed gratitude to the donors and urged the staff to be more tolerant and patient in grooming children with special needs.
She gave the assurance that best practices would be adopted alongside management, to ensure the long span of the pathways and the water tanks.
She however, called on other philanthropists and Non-governmental Organisations to assist in providing quality education for children with special needs, to help them harness their full potentials and contribute their quota to the socio-economic development of the country.
Madam Pobana Herusan, the Senior Project Executive at Rhythm Foundation, expressed their readiness to help bridge the gap in developing inclusivity among students.
She stated that the project also included the establishment of an ICT laboratory, upgrading of classrooms, remoulding of the schools and equipping teachers with training to build their development skills for quality instructional periods with their students.
The students thanked the donors for the gesture and appealed for more support to help them realise their dreams.
GNA