Volta Beads members painting the Tsiame Basic School
The Tsiame E.P
Basic School in the Keta Municipality of the Volta Region, has been given a
facelift by Volta Beads, a group of young female volunteers in the
region.
The volunteers who
are members and sympathizers of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) took
time off their busy schedule and through voluntary contributions and
fundraising painted the six-unit primary and three-unit Junior High School
blocks.
The headmaster of
the School, Emmanuel Nyavi who was elated thanked Volta Beads for making the
school beautiful, as it had not seen such facelift since 1923, when it was
established.
He said the act of
the ladies who themselves partook in the painting was very inspiring,
especially for young women in the area who had little aspirations due to the
poor living conditions.
Be that as it may,
he thanked the government for the School Feeding Programme which had kept a lot
more pupils in school than before and reduced teenage pregnancy. Currently the
school has 314 pupils with 156 being females.
The leader of
Volta Beads, Amanda Adorme (an entrepreneur) said the initiative at Tsiame
which was the paternal hometown of Alexander Afenyo Markin, an MP in Central
Region, will be replicated in other villages and towns that need such
assistance, especially areas that have low female attendance to school, because
quality education is a responsibility for all and not just the government.
She announced that
the group would soon be rolling out a skills training programme to empower
women in the region so that those who do not make it to school could have
another chance at having a good life.
The Volta Regional
Organizer of the NPP, Emmanuel Korsi Bodja described the initiative of the
Volta Beads as a novelty, particularly when they are a regional based group.
According to him, the group’s gesture exemplifies what politics is all about;
which is to bring development to the people; something which is dear to the NPP
government and party.
He also endorsed
the group’s decision to adopt the school and further reroof the school and
said, Ghana Beyond Aid started with initiatives like these. Not when we wait
for foreigners to come do the little we can do for ourselves.
The NPP Regional
Chairman, Makafui Woanyah and the Keta MCE also lauded the initiative and
encouraged others to emulate.
From Fred Duodu, Tsiame ([email protected])
