Emmanuel Agyemang Dwomoh (middle) presenting the items to Eric
Acheampong
The Ghana Cocoa Board
(COCOBOD) has donated assorted items to the Atewase M/A Basic School.
The company has also
donated solar panels to about 60 residents of Atewase to help support the
learning of students in the deprived cocoa-growing community.
Among the items presented
to the school last Friday were clothes, shoes, slippers, chocolates, exercise
books and pens.
The donations formed part
of COCOBOD corporate social responsibility and its Child Education Support
Scheme.
Speaking at a ceremony at
Atewase to present the items, Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the
COCOBOD in charge of Agronomy and Quantity Control, Emmanuel Agyemang Dwomoh,
observed that COCOBOD had over the years undertaken initiatives to improve the
living standards of residents of cocoa-growing communities.
He said such initiatives
included road construction, building of school blocks, among others.
He noted that the solar
panels were to help the students of Atewase learn at night.
Atewase is a community
within the Kwahu West District of the Eastern Region.
The Headmaster of Atewase
M/A Basic School, Eric Acheampong, who received the items on behalf of his
outfit, thanked COCOBOD for the kind gesture.
In attendance at the short but colourful donation ceremony were officials of COCOBOD, the Chief of Atewase, Nana Frimpong Siaw, students and residents.
From Melvin Tarlue, Atewase
