The Sunyani Central branch of the Rotary Club, in collaboration with Rotary International and other sister Rotary clubs in Canada, has provided teaching and health items for the Sunyani Municipal Basic School.
The items which included library books, computers, cupboards, television sets, mosquito nets, as well as health and sanitation equipment cost GH¢65,739.
In addition to these, the club has completed the construction of a fence wall to ward off thieves and other social miscreants who had hitherto used the open school compound for their criminal and other nefarious activities.
Mr Samuel A. Obour, President of the Sunyani Central Rotary Club, who disclosed this at a ceremony to officially inaugurate the security wall project, said the club had also decided to construct a 12-unit toilet facility for the school.
He said it was the intention of the club and Rotary International to improve the lives of deprived people in society and, therefore, appealed to all well-meaning residents of Sunyani to join the club in achieving its goals.
The Sunyani Municipal Director of Education, Rev Timothy Kankam Dwumfuor, commended the club for the decision to protect the vulnerable pupils and their teachers from criminals.
He used the occasion to advise the children to study hard in order to achieve their future goals, adding that it was the desire of the education directorate to ensure that results of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) were improved in the municipality.
Mr Kwasi Oppong Ababio, Sunyani Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), who performed the ceremony, noted that the gesture by the club was in line with the government’s policy of public-private partnership for development.
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