FORCE FOUNDATION SUPPORT WA BLIND SCHOOL (PAGE 17, DEC 4)

A Multi-million-computer library for the Wa Methodist School for the Blind has been inaugurated in Wa in the Upper West Region.
The project was made possible through the collaborative effort of Force Foundation, a Dutch non-governmental organisation which has been assisting the disabled, especially the visually-impaired with educational materials and equipment.
Addressing the ceremony, the Upper West Regional Minister, Mr Mahmud Khalid, expressed the hope that the facility would offer the inmates of the school the opportunity to access quality education.
He said, it would also encourage the students to search for information that will keep them abreast with global trends as well as interact and share ideas with their colleague students in sister schools.
He, therefore, urged students of the school to learn hard so that the school would produce more scholars like Dr Bashirudeen Koray of the Attorney General’s department.
Mr Khalid advised the school administration to take good care of the facility and ensure that routine maintenance was undertaken.
"I wish to commend all staff, particularly the teaching staff and students alike for scoring hundred per cent in the BECE. for me the teachers deserve the best reward ever and I urge the school administration to liaise with benevolent organisations to see how best we can collectively reward these dedicated staff," he added.
He assured the school of the co-operation and support of the Regional Co-ordinating Council in the infrastructural development of the school.
The headmaster of the school, Mr Sampson Akurugu, appealed to Vodafone Ghana to waive the monthly subscription of GH¢89.44 to enable students of the school to have continuous access to the Internet.
He called on corporate bodies and other philanthropic organisations to support the school since it was facing a number of challenges.
The Bishop of the Northern Ghana Diocese of the Methodist Church of Ghana, the Rt. Rev MacLord Afriyie, thanked Force Foundation for the gesture.
For his part, the Director of Force Foundation, Mr Mathijs Balfoort, assured the school of continuous support from his organisation.