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CEANA convention scheduled for Ho
Ho, July 24, Ghanadot/GNA - About 500 people, including
traditional rulers, entrepreneurs and professionals, would
converge in Ho for a 10-day convention under the aegis of
the Council of Ewe Associations of North America (CEANA) to
discuss the state of development of Ewe communities across
Africa.
The convention, under the theme "Educational Development in
Ewe Land; Focusing on Infrastructure Improvement," would
also brainstorm on ways of speeding up integrated
development of the communities through collaboration with
development partners.
CEANA is a non-profit making umbrella organization, which
oversees fourteen Ewe associations in North America, Europe
and Canada.
According to a programme released by the Convention
Secretariat in Ho, the official opening ceremony is
scheduled for July 31 at which a critique on the state of
development of the Volta Region would be delivered by Major
Courage Quashigah, (retd), Minister of Health.
Other papers to be presented on that day include the impact
of dropout rate in junior and senior secondary schools in
the region.
The programme said CEANA had decided to build a school at
Sovie in the Kpando District and Tanyigbe in the Ho
Municipality to replace dilapidated structures there.
Other activities on the programme include excursions to
historical sites such as the slave monuments at Atorkor in
the Keta District, tourist destinations and the Keta Sea
Defence site.
CEANA, besides its development advocacy in the past, had
made substantial material donations to institutions in Ghana
including 3.4 million dollars medical equipment to nine
hospitals in the Volta Region and the Republic of Togo and
an electro-cardiogram to Cardiology Centre at the Korle-Bu
Teaching Hospital.
The operates a scholarship programme for students pursuing
secondary education in the Volta Region with plans afoot for
a similar scheme in Togo.
GNA
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