THE acting Headmistress of the Twin City Special School for the Mentally Handicapped, Madam Beatrice Mayne, has appealed to banks, organisations and individuals to assist the school to construct a kitchen and a laundry towards its smooth running.
She explained that the absence of these two facilities was affecting the effective running of the school.
The school has been relocated to its new site at Essipong from its old place which was located on a hill at Ekuase, near Sekondi an earthquake prone area.
Madam Mayne made the appeal when the Ahantaman Rural Bank Limited made a donation to the school.
The bank had earlier made a similar donation of GH¢ 1,400.00 to the Sekondi School for the Deaf.
The items included confectioneries, gari, bags of sugar, oranges, pineapples, tins of fish, boxes of key soap, loaves of bread, sachet drinking water, bags of rice, toilet rolls, bags of rice, gallons of cooking oil and bunches of banana.
The acting headmistress advised parents to send their children who are mentally challenged to the school for their orderly development and not to hide them in their rooms.
She also urged the public not to shy away from such children since it did not augur well for their development.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ahantaman Rural Bank, Mr Joshua Ackah, said management and staff of the bank were concerned about the welfare and education of the children in the two special schools in the Sekondi/Takoradi metropolis.
He added that the donations, which formed part of the 25th anniversary celebration of the founding of the bank was to express their concern to the children.
Mr Ackah said the bank had a social responsibility to all the communities and educational institutions in its catchment areas.
The board chairman said the bank would pay regular visits to the schools to know their problems and assist in their solution.
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