NGO DONATES LEARNING MATERIALS TO SCHOOL (PAGE 20)

ONE Small Step-Ghana Project, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has donated assorted learning materials worth US$1,000 to the Adjumako District Council basic school in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region.
A transcriptionist at the Virginia Hospital Centre in the United States of America, Ms Loretta McDaniel, founded the NGO.
The donor explained to the Daily Graphic before the presentation that it was an on-going project and that she would continue to solicit for teaching and learning aids for the school on a regular basis.
"We are trying to supply this school more learning supplies," she said, adding: "We are asking some families and friends in America to purchase some items that would be shipped to the school".
Ms McDaniel said she would gather information on the needs of the school as well as the learning areas in relation to the school’s curriculum to be able to provide its actual needs.
A co-worker of Ms McDaniel and a native of Adjumako, Madam Mary Andoh, explained that about two years ago, Ms McDaniel accompanied her to the village during which some of the schoolchildren requested learning materials such as pencils, books and pens from her.
She further stated that Ms McDaniel took pictures of the pupils and that when she returned home, she showed them to her friends in America who were touched and decided to contribute to purchase the materials for the school through the project.
Speaking at the presentation ceremony, the Deputy Director of Education in charge of second cycle schools in the Ahanta West District, Mr Benjamin Ofori, said the government, the district assembly and the community which were the major stakeholders in education, were to ensure that teachers were decently accommodated, while all children who were of school age were enrolled.
He also urged parents to provide the school with the needs of their children and ensure their orderly growth and development.
Mr Ofori said it was the duty of parents and members of the community to monitor the teaching activities of teachers by reporting them to their heads.
The Presiding Member of the Ahanta West District Assembly, Madam Georgina Sarah Yankey, expressed her appreciation at the donation and appealed to the benefactor to continue to help the school by donating more teaching and learning materials to the school.
She called on parents to ensure the proper education of their children.
The Head teacher of the Adjumako District Council basic school, Mr Edward Bordes, appealed to Ms McDaniel to provide the school with computers to help introduce the pupils to Information and Communication Technology.
The Assembly Member for the Adjumako-Mpatase Electoral Area, Mr Moses Andoh, commended Ms McDaniel for the gesture and said that she would be furnished with the needs of the school to enable her to contribute effectively towards the education of the pupils.