British High Commission Raises GHC30 000 For Ghana Education Project (GEP)

The British High Commission (BHC), Ghana in partnership with the Ghana UK Based Achievement Awards (GUBA) organised a special sporting event at the El-Wak Stadium on Saturday 1 March, 2014. As part of this event, the British High Commissioner to Ghana, H.E Peter Jones, led the BHC football team in a football match with the Ministry of Youth and Sports football team who were led by the Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr. Elvis Afriyie Ankrah.

Sport Relief is a biennial charity event, led by the BBC, under the stewardship of their Comic Relief campaign. Sport Relief brings together the worlds of sport and entertainment to raise money to help vulnerable people in both the UK and Africa. At the heart of the campaign is the Sport Relief Mile. To mark the event, H.E Peter Jones accompanied approximately 150 participants in the Sport Relief Mile. The BHC with support from Armajaro Group, Crown Paints, Blue Skies, Invest in Africa and Bel Aqua raised GHC 30, 000.

This included a donation of GHC 8,000 worth of paint from Crown Paints. All proceeds from this event were donated to the Ghana Education Project (GEP) which is an NGO that promotes education and equality for girls and women in Nkwanta in the Volta Region of Ghana. H.E. Peter Jones, addressing the media said: “Sport Relief is a big thing back in the UK. And I'm glad we are doing our bit here in Ghana in support of the campaign to help raise funds to support the Ghana Education Project based in the Volta Region.” The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr. Elvis Afriyie Ankrah added: “I'm happy to be part of this event today. I thank the BHC and all the companies who contributed to the Sport Relief charity event this year. I hope this donation to the Ghana Education Project will be used well.” The football game finished 1-0 in favour of the BHC football team.

ABOUT SPORT RELIEF

As one of the UK's biggest fundraising events, Sport Relief brings the entire nation together to get active, raise cash and change lives. Since 2002, Sport Relief has raised over £195million. The money raised by the public is spent by Comic Relief to help people living incredibly tough lives, both in the UK and across the world. Visit www.sportrelief.com for further information

PROFILE FOR GHANA EDUCATION PROJECT (GEP)

Originally founded in 1997 as a charity supported by Tunbridge Wells Girls Grammar School in Kent, UK, GEP became a registered UK charity in 2000 and its sister NGO was incorporated in Ghana in 2004. The founder and project manager of the charity, Gill Norris MBE, is a British national who has lived and worked in Nkwanta since 2004.

The primary objective of GEP is to promote the advancement of education in the Volta Region of Ghana. In September 2013, GEP opened a school for girls, the Kyabobo Girls School, in partnership with Ghana Education Service (GES). The school aims to give high quality education to all who attend. The GES regards the Kyabobo Girls' School as a model school for future development in the support of girl child education.

GEP was proud to be awarded Charity of the Year at the GUBA Awards in 2009 and are delighted to have Dentaa Amoateng and Lady Gifty Tetteh as the GEP's inspirational Patrons.

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