Radio Progress News first radio station in the Upper West Region
World Vision Ghana (WVG) has donated 220 classroom furniture to the Lassia Tuolu Senior High School in the Wa West District to contribute to restoring and enhancing academic activities in the school.
The furniture included, 150 students’ mono desks, and 70 teachers’ tables and chairs aimed at relieving the students and the teachers from the challenges they were facing.
The donation followed a fire disaster in the school on March 10, 2024, which destroyed the school’s multi-purpose hall and other properties including furniture and food items running into thousands of Ghana Cedis.
Handing over the furniture, Mr Francis Gumah, the Northern Operations Manager of WVG, said his organization was moved by the damage the disaster had caused the school and its impact on academic activities.
“We hope this will contribute to improving teaching and learning and general academic performances of students at the school,” he stated.
Mr Gumah said the support highlighted WVG’s commitment and dedication to children’s welfare especially their education as the organization prioritized children’s education in preparing them for a better future.
He stated that the donation to the Lassia Tulu SHS was not the first time WVG had supported schools and education in the district.
“Since we began operations in the district, World Vision Ghana has presented 960 dual desks to 10 schools in the Wa West District alone.
Aside from this, 120 children who walk long distances to school were given bicycles that enabled them to attend school regularly and punctually”, Mr Gumah indicated.
He added that WVG had donated over 600 school uniforms and bags, 5,000 exercise books, and some play-to-learn equipment, valued at thousands of Ghana cedis to more than 1,900 school children in the district.
Mr Emmanuel Banongwie, the Headmaster of the Lassia Tuolu SHS, expressed gratitude to WVG for the intervention, which he said would reduce the impact of the disaster on the school, especially the students.
He said the furniture would help augment the existing ones in the school to serve the 1,233 students in that school.
Mr Banongwie said with the support, they would continue to strive for academic excellence since it would contribute to improving quality teaching and learning in the school.
Mr Amatus Tug-uu, the Wa West District Director of Education, recognized the support of WVG to the Lassia Tuolu SHS and the education sector in the district over the years.
He, however, indicated that basic schools in the district were still challenged with furniture deficit causing some children to sit on the floor or lie on their bellies to learn, which was impeding quality academic activities at that level.
Mr Tug-uu, therefore, beseeched WVG and other philanthropic organisations and individuals to intervene by providing furniture to the schools in the district to help save the future of the children in education.
