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German Embassy donates sports
equipment to Street Academy
Accra, March 2, GNA – The German Embassy has presented a
number of sports equipment to the Street Academy in Accra in
support of its sporting programme to mark the 50th
independence celebrations.
The sports items include a set of jerseys and goalkeepers
training kit and gloves, four footballs, sports bag, two
ball nets, a pump, stop watch and whistle and 11 T-shirts
worth about six million cedis.
Ms Dagmar Traub-Evans, Head of the Economic, Cultural and
Press Affairs of the German Embassy who made the
presentation in Accra said the Embassy shares with the
developmental needs of the children and hope the donation
would help them socialize and lead upright lives.
She said the Embassy’s avowed aim is to assist the
vulnerable in the society and offer support in areas such as
education, health and recreation and sporting activities to
ensure the socio- economic development of the society and
its people.
Ms Traub-Evans urged the children of the Academy to be
serious about the informal training and vocations offered
them as well as the sporting activities so as to be better
placed in the society.
She called on the children of the Academy to make use of the
items by training hard in all sports disciplines to chalk
success.
Mr Ataa Lartey, Director of the Street Academy thanked the
Embassy for making the donation adding that it has come at
the opportune time to give the children the spirit of
belongingness.
He said he hopes the items would also ginger up the children
as they prepare to face the Accra Old Stars Club in an
anniversary friendly football match on March 10 as part of
the activities to mark the 50th independence anniversary.
Present at the ceremony were Ms Ruth Mensah, Public
Relations Officer of the German Embassy, Miss Joana Ofori,
Project Co-ordinator of the Street Academy and some children
of the Academy.
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