#Non formal education divison wasa amenfi free
Pastor Osei-Gerning said the foundation had assisted 10 needy brilliant Junior High School pupils by offering them free computer training every three months.
In pursuance of its noble objectives, he said, the foundation sheltered 58 trafficked children from April to December 2008, and that, through counselling, care and love to these children and help from the Department of Social Welfare and DOVVSU, the children had now overcome the mental trauma they experienced. The Director of Mercy Foundation International, Pastor Oliver Osei-Gerning who received the donation, said currently, the foundation was running a shelter for victims of domestic violence, particularly for women and children in the Sekondi/Takoradi metropolis. Mrs Janet Mensah, mother of Mr Mensah who made the donation on his behalf, said her son would make more of such donations to needy children as his contribution towards the survival and development of children. The primary objective of the foundation is to assist the unfortunate needy child to acquire basic education, proper healthcare and be integrated into the society, with assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service. The Sekondi/Takoradi Storm Drain Project is being executed by Messrs China Zhong Hao (Ghana) Limited, with Municipal Development Collaborative Limited (MDC) as consultants.Ī TAKORADI-based businessman, Mr Africanus Mensah, has donated GH¢ 1,000 to Mercy Foundation International (MFI), a non-governmental organisation in Takoradi, to take care of the needs of street and abused children in the Sekondi/Takoradi metropolis. Mr Addo, however, expressed concern about the swampy nature of some of the areas, which, he added was creating a difficulty in the operation of machinery. If the rains do not interrupt work, the project should be completed as scheduled”, he stated. “The projects are supposed to be completed by the end of this year. He said work on the Kansaworodo-Effia-Number Nine drain was 95 per cent complete, while work on the West Tanokrom main stream drain was 40 per cent complete.
The Project Co-ordinator of the Sekondi/Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly, Mr Simon Labi Addo, who briefed the Daily Graphic on the progress of work, said the construction of the two culverts on the Effia Nkwanta Hospital branch drain would be completed by the end of this month.
The rest are the construction of reinforcement concrete lining of 550 meters of the West Tanokrom main stream drain, the construction of two culverts on the Effia Nkwanta Hospital branch drain and the construction of 500 meters reinforcement concrete lining of the Kansaworodo-Effia-Number Nine drain. It involves the improvement of 1.8 kilometers of the Kokompe -Adakope drain, improvement of 1,120 meters of the Ashanti Road-Kokompe drain and the construction of reinforcement rain concrete of 600 meters of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL)-Maersk drain. With a contract sum of GH¢3,188,476.00, it forms part of the Urban Environmental Sanitation Project (UESP) being funded by the International Development Association. The project was awarded in February 20, last year, and it is expected to be completed by the end of this year. CONSTRUCTION work on selected storm drains in the Sekondi/Takoradi metropolis are on course.Ībout 56 per cent of work on the project is completed, as against the projected 62 per cent, as a result of the rains during construction.
0 kommentar(er)
