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The Emefa foundation as part of its school initiatives dubbed ‘Start Right Project’ reached out to schools in some underprivileged areas of the central tongu district in the Volta Region.
The team led by the founder of Emefa Foundation, Ms. Yvette Emefa Gbeve, on Friday May 13, 2022 donated one thousand five hundred stationeries(Exercise Books, Pens, Pencils, Erasers, Rulers, Shapeners each) and one hundred school uniforms to pupils in four deprived basic schools in the district.
The foundation also gave playing kits to kindergarteners and story books to develop in them the interest and habit of reading.
Awadiwokome Primary School,
Dekpoe Basic School, Meyikpor Primary School and Kowuadadekofe primary School are among the learning institutions that benefited from the initiative.
The pupils were elated to receive the items and thanked the foundation for its benevolence toward their schools in the initiative.
The Emefa foundation also paid a courtesy call on the Management of the Ghana Education Service in the district where Ms. Gbeve gave a preview of the activities of the foundation and adding that the core belief of the organization is that every child deserves a good education, safe and conducive environment as well as learning materials that will aid their holistic education no matter the location of their schools.
Director of Education in the district, Madam Happy Tsifokor, thanked the team for choosing schools in the district for this project. She also applauded the leadership of the foundation for visiting their office before having access to the schools.
Ms. Gbeve believes that, every child in any deprived area deserves a better education regardless of where their school is located in the country. She further asserted the need for intentional mentoring and coaching programmes for the young pupils to provide the necessary guidance and procedure to to help them achieve their educational goals and ambitions in life.
‘Start Right Project’ is a yearly initiative of the Emefa Foundation where the organization provide stationeries and school uniforms to pupils in deprived areas in order to help them start each new academic year right.
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