A non-governmental organisation, Pencils of Promise has made a significant contribution to restoring education in the flood-affected areas in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region following the Akosombo Dam spillage.
The organisation refurbished classroom blocks and presented educational materials to be distributed to schools that experienced flooding due to the spillage of the Akosombo and Kpong Dams.
Dozens of schools were affected by the floods which engulfed communities downstream of the Volta River after the Akosombo and Kpong dams were spilled by the Volta River Authority.
The Mepe Roman Catholic Basic School was one of the hardest-hit schools in the area.
To help restore normalcy and ensure continuous education, Pencils of Promise, rehabilitated the 9-unit structure of the Mepe Roman Catholic Basic School and the kindergarten unit.
The Country Director of Pencils of Promise, Freeman Gabah said that the project was financed by the organization’s Flood Disaster Relief Fund and was occasioned by the struggles of the schools to return to normalcy.
He detailed that about 1000 pupils from the selected schools would benefit from the benevolence gesture, at the back of an earlier donation of relief items.
“In total Mepe RC, Battor Vome, Battor Zomayi, Fiaxor, and Anyarko are beneficiaries of what we are doing. So their all going to receive these materials as a show of empathy for Pencils of Promise to these pupils.
We believe that this gesture will also serve as a motivation for these young ones and also support parents in these difficult times”, he said.
He thanked the donors for making their donor partners for making available funds to undertake the project.
The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Okudzeto Ablakwa who recounted the ordeal of the floods lauded the contribution of Pencils of Promise for their generosity and continuous support to the progress of education in his constituency.
He, however, implored the government to attach some urgency to the resettlement of victims of the flooding incidents as they continue to put up in tents.
He lamented the harsh weather conditions the victims were going through.
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