Junior Graphic for deprieved schools(J/G November 21-27, 2012 page 2)

Story & Pix: Benjamin Xornam Glover, Bolgatanga Graphic Communication Group Limited as part of is Corporate Social Responsibility activities have identified some deprived school in the Upper East Region which will be supplied with copies of its youth oriented newspaper, the Junior Graphic’. The project is in collaboration with suppliers of the company’s newsprint and it is targeted rekindling the habit of reading among the youth. It is also aimed at promoting reading and literacy among the pupils and students, as well as motivates the youth to learn from the lives and works of eminent Ghanaians. Beneficiary schools in the Upper East Region are the Bukere Primary School, Zaare Primary School and Aningazanga Primary School. Under the programme, each school is to be supplied with five copies of the Junior Graphic weekly. The publication will be stocked in the libraries of the selected schools where students are expected to access them. At Bukere Primary School where the first batch of supplies where handed over to the school, the Assistant Headmistress, Mrs. Momori Umuheira expressed appreciation to Graphic Communications Group Limited for the initiative. Similar sentiments were expressed by the Headmistress of Aningazanga Primary School, Ms. Felicia Kanton who also stated that the gesture will go a long way to boost reading habits of the pupils. -end- Pix: Benjamin Xornam Glover