{"id":407912,"date":"2017-08-01T15:48:27","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T15:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/01\/mtn-ghana-reconstructs-street-academy-school\/"},"modified":"2017-08-01T15:48:27","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T15:48:27","slug":"mtn-ghana-reconstructs-street-academy-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/01\/mtn-ghana-reconstructs-street-academy-school\/","title":{"rendered":"MTN Ghana reconstructs Street Academy School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>To mark the 10th edition of its 21 days of Y\u2019ello Care staff volunteer programme, telecommunication giant; MTN Ghana has reconstructed the Street Academy School at Mensah Guinea Beach in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>The school\u2019s wooden structure was pulled down and replaced with a concrete building to provide a conducive teaching and learning environment for pupils of the Street Academy School.<\/p>\n<p>The facility is now completed with a study area, a kitchen, a dining room, storage area and an ICT learning area with internet access.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline.com_InArticle_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Street Academy has also been expanded to create the opportunity for more street children within the Art Center and James Town enclave to be enrolled at the\u00a0Academy.<\/p>\n<p>The 21 Days of Y\u2019ello Care is an annual staff volunteer programme that runs across the MTN Group from\u00a0June 1-21. It was instituted 10 years ago and has grown to become one of the key activities on the MTN calendar.<\/p>\n<p>In line with the theme: \u2018Investing in Education for All\u2019, MTN volunteers undertake various activities across the country to promote and encourage the use of technology during the 21 days of Y\u2019ello Care.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the handing over ceremony, Corporate Services Executive of MTN Ghana, Mrs. Cynthia Lumor, said the project aims at brightening the lives of our stakeholders in the country.<\/p>\n<p>She indicated that, in the 10<sup>th<\/sup> edition of the 21 Days of Y\u2019ello Care, staff volunteers impacted over 6,000 pupils in about 30 schools across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful to all our staff volunteers who defied the rains to make the 21 Days of Y\u2019ello Care a success. You have exhibited a CAN DO spirit, our vital behaviours of collaboration and Get it Done\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Cynthia Lumor hoped the investment made will go a long way to enhance teaching and learning in the beneficiary institutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cBy supporting this project, MTN is helping the children to stay away from the streets and to give\u00a0them the skills they need to turn their potential into success\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Lumor thanked the Y\u2019ello Care partners particularly Ghana Education Service for the immense contribution in ensuring that they achieved their objective within 21 days.<\/p>\n<p>Board Chairman of Street Academy, Lydia Sackey expressed their profound gratitude to MTN for the timely intervention.<\/p>\n<p>She said the expansion of the facility will afford the opportunity to other street children who hitherto could not be accommodated due to space, to enroll and be educated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful to MTN for putting smiles on the faces of the children at Street Academy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She\u00a0assured MTN the facility to be put to good use and maintained very well.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To mark the 10th edition of its 21 days of Y\u2019ello Care staff volunteer programme, telecommunication giant; MTN Ghana has reconstructed the Street Academy School at Mensah Guinea Beach in Accra. 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