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Akim-Anamase Zion Primary School

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This school of 160 pupils is in the Eastern Region.  Mr Charles Oppong applied to us for help in buying new school furniture.  We sent £1000 and have received this wonderful thank-you email from Charles (abridged here) on 25.7.2017.

Dear Joe.
            On behalf of the staff, P. T. A executives and the pupils of Akim-Anamase Zion Primary School and the entire community write to express our profound gratitude and appreciation for giving us a Grant of GH¢5433.54 towards the provision of furnitures in the school. The grant has made a significant impact in the social and academic life of the pupils.
         The memory of your organization will forever linger in the hearts of the school as you are the only organization  that has extended an arm to the school.
        The grant has solved the following problems in the school hence aiding smooth academic work.
        In the first place, the furnitures has made teaching and learning very effective, comfortable and conducive. At first, a desk which was meant for two pupils was occupied by three and sometimes four pupils, creating a whole lot of inconvenience in the classroom. This affected their handwriting and also hindered them from doing independent work in class. Pupils always resort to copying from their friends whenever an exercise is given. Due to this challenge at first the classroom teacher wasn’t able to assess the pupils performance very well. But the New desks added to de old ones have solve this Problems and now comfortability ,independent work is a hallmark. Handwriting of pupils is now improving as a results of their New seating arrangement.
         Also the provision of both teachers tables and chairs for each classroom has made teachers now Seat in the comfort of their chairs to Mark pupils work and other related classroom tasks which wasn’t so in the past.  

Infact , the teachers were happy when they  saw the tables and chairs. The tables was made with drawer lock inside where teachers can now store some of their teaching materials inside. For examples pupils Attendance Register, teachers lesson note and other Materials are now kept in the drawer lock and lock with key.
        Moreover teachers were excited about the way the chairs were made. The leather foam on it make it comfortable for them to Seat on it without complaining of back pains and waist pains unlike the wooden chair with no leather foam on it.
        Furthermore, the cupboard have saved the children’s from carrying  their books to and from school everyday under the mercy of the weather. Their books sometimes get wet especially in the rainy season. Pupils now put their books under  keys and lock. School textbook and other relevant documents in the school have been well catered for by the cupboards. The tradition of putting books on the bare floor and sometimes in cartoons as depicted in the picture is now a thing of the past. 
        Another lasting impact the grant has made is the relief it has brought to parents. Parents have been saved from contributing money to secure those items for their wards. It wasn’t easy for them contributing because of their financial standings. Parents are now safe and sound on matters relating to furnitures in the school, because heavy burden has been removed off from their head.
       Also on behalf of the staff P. T. A and the entire pupils of Akim-Anamase Zion primary school were appealling that if you can put it in your next agenda to come to their aid of small number of Computers to make the teaching and learning of i. C. T very useful and  practical to the pupils at their basic levels .The computers will improve their typing skills and also get to know more importance about the use of computers at their basic levels.
      With one accord. We say a big THANK YOU and AYEKOO to GHANA SCHOOL AID and all your donors for such a gesture. We hope  you will continue to help the school to See more development to make the school the beacon of excellence in the Birim- South District .
       Thank you once again for the Kind gesture and we look forward to seeing you and your able committee members in Akim -Anamase one day.
      LONG LIVE DONORS!
      LONG LIVE ABLE LEADERS! 
      LONG LIVE GHANA SCHOOL AID!! 
                       Yours faithfully,
                      Oppong Charles,

For staff, P. T. A. Executives, pupils and parents of Akim Anamase Zion primary School.  

Here are three of the pictures Charles sent:

Happy boys using the new desks.  Note the pile of old ones in the background!

Sitting in comfort, at last !

The new desks with “Donate GSA 2017”

GUMANI HASANIYA ISLAMIC PRIMARY SCHOOL

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Upon a good report from our representative Salifu Baako, we sent a grant of £440  to this school for metal doors and windows for 3 classrooms.  These have now been installed.  The Headmistress, Mrs Samiatu Attu, writes:  Coming on the heels of financial constraints in completing the remaining three classrooms by the PTA, your support was timely and a life-line to the school’s continued existence. … We pledge to maintain the doors and windows. Thank you.     

       A doorless classroom

        

The doors arriving…                                               … and ready to be installed 

HIA COMMUNITY LIBRARY, ASHANTI

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Rita De-Graft writes:  In February 2017, Kate Regan (GSA) joined Mary Owusu and myself, both from the Ghana Nurses Association UK and Development Missions Network Ghana, to travel to Ghana.  The aim of the visit was to follow up on the progress of the Hia Community Library which was started in November 2007 and to organise the set-up of the library (the books shipped out between 2008 and 2017, and shelving).  Whilst in Ghana, Agnes Nartey from the Ghana Nurses Association joined the team.  We made the long journey to Hia on two separate days.  On arrival  the Team had a meeting with the Chief of the village, Nana Wiredu.  With resources kindly donated by Kate Regan, most of the books were recorded and classified using colour coding.  The book shelves the Library committee had commissioned were modified for safety reasons, and this was done quickly and efficiently.  One of the teachers who had recently been on a Library course, volunteered to help set up and run the library.  A cross-section of Primary 4, 5 and 6 pupils were given a lesson on how the library resources could be used to enhance their learning. 

Webmistress Penny writes:  The above report has been slightly edited and abridged. Incidentally, past GSA grants have helped to install electricity and furniture in the library. GSA is is delighted that the end of a long journey is in sight and wishes to recognise the huge commitment and contribution made by the individuals involved.  THANK YOU!

GUMANI METHODIST PRIMARY “A” AND “B”

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There are two Methodist Primary schools at Gumani and they are called “A” and “B”.  Mr. Sulley Yaro, Headteacher at school A paid a visit to Zawiatul Primary School and saw some nice new desks marked “donated by GSA”.  Information was exchanged between the Muslim and Christian schools, and word even spread to school B.  We call that the bush telegraph service!  A visit was then paid to our representative Salifu Baaku who in turn visited the schools, took pictures of the dire straits in which they found themselves, with pupils sitting 2 or 3 in desks meant for one, and helped the two schools to make their application for desks to GSA.  GSA was delighted to hear of the cooperation amongst the schools and awarded grants of £700 and £600 respectively for the purchase of desks.

GOMBELE JHS, LAWRA, UWR

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We were approached by ATE (Action through Enterprise) with a request for funds to support this school which faces severe drop-out and low attendance due to struggling living standards.  £1000 was awarded for the purchase of textbooks. To quote the ATE report:  The 77 pupils and the staff are overjoyed and extremely motivated by the support. 161 textbooks were purchased.  The school will keep hold of the books and pass them out to pupils to be used in class.  ATE (which will assist in monitory book use, ed.) will report on rates of enrolment, attendance, retention and later on, examination results.

ATE sent us a lovely picture of children and staff holding aloft the new books, clearly delighted with this new resource.  Mr. Abeo Emmanuel Baba wrote: with these textbooks I believe that the level of learning of the students will increase and improve their performance in their studies and their exam results.  We look forward to hearing about the school’s progress, Mr. Baba!

Siawkrom D/A Primary School

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This is a rural school in the Eastern Region, running largely on the goodwill of its dedicated staff.  Our representative, Patrick Nyante, visited the school and was impressed by the efforts made and the good relationship with the community.  We received a request for funding for teachers’ tables and chairs, cupboards and pupils’ desks, with detailed cost estimates.  We allocated £1240 towards this project.

11 March 2018

Here is part of a thank you letter from Solomon Kwabena Gyimah on behalf of the school:   I, on behalf of the staff, PTA executives of Siawkrom D/A Primary School and the entire community write to express our profound gratitude and appreciation for giving us a grant of GHC 6,800 for furniture in the school.  the grant has made a significant impact in the social and academic life of the pupils.  The memory of your organization will forever linger in the hearts of the school as you are the only organization that has extended an arm to the school.  […] The furniture has made teaching and learning very effective, comfortable and conducive.  […]  The desks have solved the problem (of copying) and now comfortability, independent work is a hallmark.  The pupils’ handwriting is now improving as a result of their new sitting arrangements.  Teachers can now sit in the comfort of their chairs to mark pupils’ work and other related classroom tasks, which was not so in the past.

 

Gadara Academy, Sekondi

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The school is situated at Ngyiresia, a fishing community near Sekondi, Western Region. When it was visited by our representative, Kofi Ohene, the two-storey building comprised a Nursery, KG, Primary and JHS classes, total enrolment 120, with 17 teachers.  Although GSA is wary of funding ICT equipment because maintenance problems often render equipment unviable, the positive report we received led us to allocate £1760 for the purchase of 4 or more computers to go into the burglar-proof, furnished ICT laboratory.

UPDATE  May 2017  Five desktop computers were delivered in 18 April, plus a Power Surge Protector.  Here’s a picture of the boxes, and we’re told all five are now fully functional.

Shafieya Primary School

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Mubarick Seidu, a teacher in Shafieya, emailed GSA in August 2016 with the following message:  “Currently we have 14 teachers.  We have 400 pupils from Kindergarten 1 to Primary 6.  We have numerous challenges in the school but what we need currently is the completion of classrooms which have been built and roofed but lack windows, doors, plastering and floors.  Furniture is also a problem:  sometimes, pupils in P1  and P2 have to sit on the bare floor to do their exercises.  We do hope you will come to our aid.”  He added later that labour would be provided by the community and that water was not a problem as there was a well in the school. Mr. Seidu also provided estimates of costs.

GSA agreed a grant of £1240 and our representative in Tamale, Salifu Baako, visited the school both before and after the work was done.  We received these pictures in November 2016.  Congratulations to all for the wonderful and rapid work!

p5-and-p6-in-need-of-renovation-shafieya-pr-sch-1 The building before renovation

p5-p6-classroom-before-renovation-1 A classroom before renovation

concrete-verandah-1 The beautiful new verandaconcreting-floors-at-shafieya-pr-sch-1 A newly screeded floor p6-at-work-in-their-new-classroom-shafieya-pr-sch-1 One of the new classrooms

new-doors-and-shutters-p6-shafieya-pr-sch-1 Brilliant new shutters and doors