Tema Rotary Club Donates books to Koluedor Primary School

By Benjamin Xornam Glover, KOLUEDOR The Tema Rotary Club has donated books worth GH¢ 6,000 to the Primary School at Koluedor, a village in the Ada West District of the Greater Accra Region. The donation of books which covers several topics, which is part of the club's corporate social responsibility, also saw members of the Club offering dental care service to the over 800 pupils as well as teachers and parents in the community. With support from Unilever, which donated toothpaste, the club handed out tooth brushes and tooth paste the students. The President of the Tema Rotary Club, Dr Victor Nyamalor said the books were donated in response to a request made to the club by an NGO Break the Silence Child Development Foundation which supports basics schools in deprived communities. Dr Nyamalor said Rotary Club being a service club thought it wise to donate items to the children to encourage them to read more and improve their standard of education. He expressed the hope that the books will contribute towards building a better future for the children and the community as a whole. The founder of Break the Silence Child Development Foundation, Mr Isaka Koney said his organization had been working in deprived communities and through the support Ga-Damgbe Students Association of the University of Ghana; they identified the community and appealed to the Rotary Club for support. Mr Koney called on parents and teachers to ensure that the children cultivate the culture of reading since it has been established that knowledgeable people read a lot and that reading was an activity of getting information. The Circuit Supervisor for the area, Mr Akpe Glover commended club for its support for the school and appealed to other organizations to emulate the Rotary Club’s example and help to develop other schools in the district. Mr Amanfo Owusu Kesse on behalf of the Headmistress of the school expressed his gratitude to Tema Rotary Club and Break the Silence Child Development Foundation for their collaborative effort of donating the books to the communities. He gave the assurance that the books would be put to its rightful use and that measures would be put in place to provide maximum care for the books as well as avoid pilfering. -END-