Obonoma Citizens Association gives back to Anomabo
The Obonoma Citizens Association, an association of Anomabo citizens in the Central Region, has presented 90 desks to the three traditional schools at Anomabo to ease furniture scarcity in the schools.
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The membership of the association also includes persons who have worked and others who have lineage in the Anomabo town and aim to give back to the Anomabo town and its environs.
The beneficiary schools include the Methodist, Catholic and Anglican basic schools.
The association also presented cash and other items to 18 past teachers, nurses and current nurses of Anomabo for their selfless contribution to their work and the development of the area.
Alma mater
The President of the group, Victor Joel Yamson, said they asked the school authorities to attend the presentation with some students to inculcate in them the spirit of giving back to their alma mater and community.
He added that they had a lot of projects to undertake such as the purchasing of an analyser machine for the Anomabo Health Centre, which when purchased, would benefit the facility in health delivery, as well as the community at large.
Mr Yamson told the gathering that the donation to the schools was not the first time that the group had donated items to the Anomabo town.
He said that during the COVID-19 pandemic, the group, in two phases, distributed Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to schools, the Anomabo Market community and the health centre.
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He, therefore, appealed to individuals and other groups in Anomabo to join hands with them to achieve a common objective of making life better for the community.
Receiving the desks on behalf of the schools, the two deputy directors of education in the Mfantseman District, Frederick Badu-Mensah and Edwina Gladys Thompson Donkor, thanked the group and admonished the teachers and students to take care of the furniture.
The Chairman for the ceremony and the Mpotuhen of the Anomabo Traditional Area, Nana Kofi Amentuw I, known in private life as Kenneth Kelly Essuman, commended the group for the kind gesture.
He told the students that the donation should help them to be more focused on their learning.
In an interview with the Daily Graphic, a student of the Methodist Basic School JHS, Nyameyie Okine, lamented that the inadequate desk situation at the schools was a challenge to effective teaching and learning.
She said three students sat on one desk to learn, whilst some students knelt on the floor to write, making the students very uncomfortable in class.
She thanked the group for the gesture, saying the desk would help enhance teaching and learning and improve academic work. She appealed to well-wishers to come to the aid of the schools.
Miss Okine advised her colleagues to take their lessons seriously to gain a brighter future.