By Albert Allotey, GNA
Topiase-Dunkwa (C/R), July 3, GNA – Resource Together, a United States-based non-governmental organization has donated GH¢20,000 to the Topiase-Dankwa community as part payment of a proposed GH¢50,000 school library project.in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region.
The organization has embarked on a project dubbed; “Building Libraries in Rural Ghana: The Resource Together Model” in communities to improve education of children and the donation forms part of their renewed commitment to supporting the people.
Mr Moses Richardson, leader of the Topiase-Dunkwa School Management Committee who received the donation on behalf of the community, gave the assurance that the money would be used for its intended purpose for the successful completion of the project.
Nana Kwaku Tetteh Dankwah VI, the Chief of Topiase-Dunkwa, who with his chiefs, elders, school management members and the residents graced the occasion expressed gratitude to the Resource Together team for their support.
In a related development the Resource Together proceeded to commission a modern library at Akroso Islamic Basic School in the Asene Manso Akroso District in the Eastern Region.
Ms. Heidi Hopkins, President and Educational Supply Coordinator of Resource Together, speaking at the event said the organization remained committed to supporting children in underserved communities and creating better learning opportunities for them.
She said access to books and learning resources was essential in helping rural pupils build confidence, improve reading skills, and compete favourably with their counterparts in better-endowed schools.
Ms Zoe Renee App, a board member of Resource Together, explained that the group’s intervention is aimed at promoting quality education and nurturing a strong reading culture among children in rural areas.
She said the organization believed that every child deserved a fair chance at education, regardless of where they lived, and that supporting schools with libraries was one of the most effective ways of improving learning outcomes.
Mr Eugene Yeboah, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Resource Together said the NGO would continue to invest in rural education and help bridge the gap between urban and rural schools.
He explained that the group’s focus had been on practical support that would directly improve teaching and learning, especially in communities that continue to face infrastructure and resource challenges.
He appealed to Ghanaians to support the organization with the provision of items such clothing, food items, assorted beverages, drinking water to be donated to the less privileged children in the communities.
Mr Yeboah said the Resource Together remained committed to continuing similar interventions in over 109 other rural schools as part of its wider mission to promote education and literacy among children in deprived communities.
Mr Ibrahim Ahmed Botwe, the Headteacher of the Akroso Islamic Basic School, thanked the Resource Together team for the intervention, saying the new library would go a long way to improve teaching and learning in the school.
He appealed for further support to address other pressing needs of the school, including a portable water supply, electricity for the Junior High School block, e-learning facilities, and teachers’ bungalow.
According to him, pupils and teachers often cross the road to fetch water from within the community, a situation he described as inconvenient and unsafe, while pleading for additional infrastructure support to create a more conducive environment for learning and teaching.
The school authorities called on individuals, institutions, and development partners to support the school in its efforts to improving education delivery.
GNA
Edited by Kenneth Odeng Adade