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US Embassy spent over one million
dollars on development projects in Ghana
Nkawkaw, July 24, Ghanadot/GNA - The United States of
America (USA) Embassy in Accra has spent more than one
million dollars in grants to support groups, communities and
villages to undertake 370 initiated development projects
throughout the country for the past 18 years under its
Special Self Help Programme.
The projects were to promote individual and community
empowerment through increase access to help care, income
generation projects, vocational, technical and basic
education.
Mr Daniel Katz, Economic Officer at the Embassy, announced
this at the inauguration of a 45,000-Ghana cedis three
classroom block, office, a library and a resource centre for
T.I. Ahmadiyya Primary School at Nkawkaw in Kwahu West
Municipality.
He said the embassy spent 5,200 dollars to provide roofing
sheets, cement, timber boards, doors, windows and paint to
complete the project within seven months and commended the
Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), the Headteacher, Mr Joseph
Acquah, local members of Ahmadiyya Mission and the community
for their co-operation and supervision to complete the
project.
Mr Katz said it was one out of 12 selected from 350
applications received last year for funding and advised the
school authorities to ensure regular maintenance of the
building to benefit more children to enhance their
education.
Mr Noah Dwamena, Kwahu West Municipal Director of Education,
advised the teachers and pupils to take advantage of the
facility and ensure effective teaching and learning to
enhance standard of education in the school.
nts to take interest in their
children’s education and provide them with their educational
needs to enhance their performance.
Mr Joe Nyakamawu, Deputy Kwahu West Municipal Co-ordinating
Director, commended the embassy for the assistance.
Maulvi Masoor Zahid Ahmed, Eastern Regional Missionary
in-charge of Ahmadiyya Mission, advised teachers to assist
the children to study hard to pass their examination to
become responsible citizens in future.
He said the mission would co-operate with government to
provide the needed assistance to improve teaching and
learning in the school.
GNA
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