NEWMONT BUILDS SCHOOL FOR DOKYIKROM (JUNIOR GRAPHIC, PAGE 3)

Newmont Ghana Gold Limited has built and furnished a six-classroom block, an office, a store, a staff common room and a library at a cost of GH¢250,000 for pupils of Dokyikrom near Kenyasi in the Brong Ahafo Region.
Prior to the construction of the new building, the pupils were accommodated in a three-unit classroom block which has also been renovated to serve as a junior high school (JHS) for the community.
The non-existence of a JHS in the community in the past had compelled pupils who completed primary six in the town to attend JHS at Yawusukrom, a community which is quite far from Dokyikrom. The company has also provided a toilet and a urinal for the school.
Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL), operators of the Ahafo Mine also plans to construct a four-unit teachers’ quarters estimated at $60,000 in the town before the academic year ends.
Mr Randy Barnes, the External Affairs Manager of NGGL, who handed the completed projects over to the Ghana Education Service (GES) at a ceremony at Dokyikrom last Wednesday, said that the company was committed to improving the lives of those within its operational area by adding value to enhance social development.
The Asutifi District Director of the GES, Mr. Amanor Kyeremeh, who received the keys to the building, expressed his appreciation to NGGL for putting up the classroom block as its contribution towards quality teaching and learning in the area.
The NGGL also presented two footballs and sets of jersey to the school.
In a related development, the company handed over another renovated three unit-classroom block, financed at a cost of GH¢ 23,000 to the people of Wamahinso also in the district.
The project was a collaboration among the community members, NGGL and the district assembly.