SAVELUGU SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF RECEIVES GH¢12,300 ...Page 11

Story: Zakaria Alhassan, Savelugu

THE Savelugu School for the Deaf has received GH¢12,300 (¢123 million) to help in the infastructural development of the school to ensure effective teaching and learning.
The special school is the only one in the northern sector of the country.
It currently has a student population of 270 out of which 108 are female.
HOPE for Children, a United Kingdom charity organisation, in collaboration with their local partners, Regional Advisory, Information and Network Systems (RAINS) of Tamale, made the presentation at the school at Savelugu in the Savelugu/Nanton District in the Northern Region. The Country Representative of HOPE, Mrs Azara Mahamadu, explained that the gesture by her outfit was borne out of their compassion for the vulnerable in society in various parts of the world.
“As a charity, HOPE raises funds from public-spirited individuals, organisations, as well as funding agencies, in order to support projects and institutions that seek to improve the lives of the handicapped, orphaned, poor and exploited children in developing nations,” she added.
According to her, the organisation would continue to support the school financially for the next three years and that the presentation constituted the first tranche of such assistance.
She entreated the school authorities to use the money judiciously for the benefit of the students.
The Headmistress of the school, Mrs Atoriyah Immaculate, expressed appreciation to their benefactors and promised to channel the funds into a special clinic project the school was undertaking.
When completed, the clinic would help in diagnosing children with hearing impairments for early intervention.
In a related development, HOPE has funded the purchase of bicycles and educational materials for pupils and students of some selected schools in the Central Gonja District.
The beneficiary schools are Yapei E/A Primary, and D/A and Presby Junior High schools. The items were presented by Women Empowerment and Relief Service for the Destitute (WERSD), another local partner of HOPE.
Making the presentation to the beneficiaries at Yapei, Mrs Mahamadu expressed the hope that the bicycles would help ease the difficulties both pupils and students who stayed far away from their respective schools encountered in their journeys to and from their schools.
She also urged parents and guardians in the area not only to enrol their children in school but also ensure that they stayed and completed their education at the highest levels they could attain to equip them for leadership of the country in future.
The Central Gonja district director of education, Nana C. Bafour, who received the items, commended the benefactors for their kind gesture and said it was in line with the government’s objective to make education accessible to all children.