Accra, Oct. 26, GNA – De Youngster’s International School has donated food items and sanitary products to Dzorwulu Special School in Accra to support the upkeep of its learners.
The items included bags of rice, gari, maize, wheat flour, cooking oil, beverages, cartons of tomato paste and sanitary products.
Mr Frank Akabua, Chief Executive Officer of the Kotobabi Compound of De Youngster’s International School, led a delegation of school management, staff and students to present the items on Monday.
He said the donation was part of the school’s annual support for special institutions and coincided with the birthday of its late founder, Mr Anthony Kwame De Youngster.
Mr Akabua said the school had maintained a relationship with Dzorwulu Special School over the years, mobilising resources from students and the institution to support the needs of the pupils.
He explained that students contributed money through a weekly collection initiative known as the “Silver Collection”, which was combined with additional contributions from the school to purchase items for beneficiary institutions.
He said the school had also extended similar support to the Akropong School for the Blind in the Eastern Region.
Mr Akabua said the initiative reflected the founder’s commitment to supporting people who needed assistance and ensuring that pupils in special schools also benefited from the contributions.
Mr Frederick Oboamah Tetteh, Head of Dzorwulu Special School, thanked the school for its continued support, saying donations from institutions and individuals helped complement government assistance and improve the care provided to learners.
He appealed to individuals, organisations and other institutions to extend support to special schools across the country, noting that many such facilities needed assistance to meet the needs of their learners.
Mr Tetteh said Dzorwulu Special School was established in 1970 by a group of friends of a young person with an intellectual disability. It was absorbed by the government in 1974 after its founders found it difficult to meet the school’s needs.
He said the school currently had 227 learners and 53 teaching and non-teaching staff.
De Youngster’s International School was established in 1981 and has since expanded to five branches in Accra, with a student population of more than 5,000 and more than 300 staff. The school has five compounds in Accra: at Kokomlemle, Kokomlemle Annex, Kotobabi, Ring Road Central and Adenta.
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