DORMAAMAN EDUCATIONAL FUND SUPPORTS 71 STUDENTS (PAGE 17, JAN 6, 2010)

SEVENTY-ONE students have been presented with scholarships totalling GH¢10,500 by the Dormaaman Educational Endowment Fund (DORMEEF) to enable them to undertake various courses.
The beneficiaries are made up of 41 second cycle and 30 tertiary students.
So far, 1,006 brilliant, needy students from the Dormaa Traditional Area and its environs in the Brong Ahafo Region, have benefited from a similar package at the total cost of GH¢44,749 since the establishment of the scheme about nine years ago.
The traditional council presents scholarships to students from various categories at the end of every year.
Speaking at this year’s function which was well attended, the Omanhene of the Dormaa Traditional Area, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyeman Badu II, called on the people to examine themselves based on their individual contributions towards the development of the Dormaa West Municipality in particular and the Brong Ahafo Region as a whole, adding that those who knew they had faulted should rekindle themselves.
He said the endowment fund was established to assist children in the area to take their studies seriously, since education was the key to development, saying that talking about the world being a global village meant talking about effective education.
Osagyefo Agyeman Badu said, ‘‘I want to urge beneficiaries of the fund to make good use of it by studying hard so that at the end of the day you will put money in your own pockets and earn a decent living, and I can assure you that plans are underway to expand the fund to cover more children who are willing to study”.
The Omanhene used the occasion to solicit support for the Dormaa-based Aduana Stars Football Club which is currently featuring in the Glo Premier League competition and is performing very well.
He paid tribute to the Head Coach of the club, Mr Herbert Addo, for his sterling performance so far, and expressed hope that even if Aduana did not win the premiership, they would qualify to play in the Top Four Competition, adding that, ‘‘We shall do everything possible to make the club a force to reckon with in the country’’.