ICODEHS Provides School Blocks, Mosques, Clinics And Wells To Deprived Communities In Ghana

As part of its effort to better the lot of people in deprived communities, the Islamic Council for Development and Humanitarian Services (ICODEHS) has built and commissioned nine mosques, a clinic, a borehole, and two wells in Upper West and East, Northern, Ashanti, Volta and Brong Ahafo Regions.

To this end a clinic, three classroom block and an office block were built at Malshegu in the Northern Region, while a borehole was built at Amanteng in the Brong Ahafo Region. Two wells were also dug for the people of Asawase New Site and Asawase in the Ashanti region.

Two classroom blocks were also built at Bullu in the Upper West Region. According to ICODEHS official sources, nine mosques were built in Hamile Colours of School Halimboi Community, Kanton Senior High School and Manwe all in the Upper West Region, Maa in the Northern Region with mosques Chocosi in Kuguri-Naatiga, Gonzesse in the Upper East and a mosque in Okuma in the Volta Region and a mosque at Amanteng in Brong Ahafo Region.

ICODEHS also donated twenty sewing machines to ladies who have completed studies sewing in Wa in the Upper West Region. Islamic books and Quran were also distributed by ICODEHS to 20 mosques in Kumasi to promote the regular reading in the mosques.

Sheikh Mustapha Ibrahim Chairman of ICODEHS told newsmen that the mosque and school projects were executed to help improve education of children while the mosques were built to provide decent places of warship for large number of people. He said his organization will continue to dig wells and boreholes in all deprived communities to help provide potable water to the people adding the clinics being built is meant to bring health centers at the door steps of the people

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