Project to assist deprived schools takes off

Communication giants, Tigo has begun airing a TV Series aimed highlighting the plight of very deprived schools in selected communities across the country.

The programme also showcases how the telco is contributing to ensuring that school structures in these deprived institutions are safe and conducive for pupils to study.

Schools selected for the project include the Ejura Sekyere-Dumasee M/A School and the St Joseph Special School, both in the Ashanti Region; Tupaa Basic School in the Greater Accra Region; Obeng Yaw Basic School in the Eastern Region; the Banda Ahenkro M/A Basic School in the Brong Ahafo, and the Dimabi Nursery and Primary in the Northern region.

This was disclosed to the media when Tigo launched the project – “Shelter 4 Education Programme” – at its head office in Accra.

The project, according to the telco, is its biggest social project for the year.

Director of Corporate Affairs at Tigo, Gifty Bingley, noted that education is vital in development, hence the company’s efforts to improve educational standards in the country.

The project, which has been developed into a television series, airs on selected channels across the country for seven weeks.

The maiden edition of the programme was aired on August 2.

The maiden edition focused on St. Joseph Special School which is perhaps the most deprived among the selected school.

Structures that serve as classrooms for students with special needs are completely broken down and there are no facilities for teaching and learning.

By the end of the programme, it was revealed that Tigo has provided the special school with an ultra-modern school building including a six-unit classroom block, an office complex, a staff common room, and a water closet toilet facility.

Mrs Winifred Mensah Oware, a parent who has two wards at St Joseph Special School was very instrumental in the rehabilitation of the school.

She said she was motivated to solicit for support for the vulnerable children because most of them have been neglected by their parents and society.