The Board Chairperson of the Minerals Commission and President of the Wassa Hemaa Foundation together with Hon. Isaac Dasimani (PhD), the Municipal Chief Executive(MCE) for Prestea Huni-Valley Municipal Assembly on Saturday 12th November 2022 commissioned an ultramodern Kindergarten (K.G) Block at Aboso Odumase.
The edifice was awarded to the Contractor for work to commence in the year 2020 with initial funding from MP’s Common Fund allocation during her tenure as Legislator and continued to the completion with financial support from the Wassa Hemaa Foundation. The facility comprises two spacious classrooms with ceiling fans, whiteboards, teacher’s desks with chairs, modern child-size furniture, a Head teacher’s office, a store room, a lavatory, and a fenced playground equipped with Merry-Go-Round, Flying swing, and Rocking horses and Slides for outdoor activities.
The MCE in his speech stressed that, education remains the best tool to leverage in our quest to alleviate poverty and that every investment in education must be well applauded by all and sundry. The government is keen on eradicating poverty, hence initiating many policies to develop and build the capacity of the citizenry.
He assured the chiefs and people gathered that they should ensure that the facility is put to the best use to encourage school attendance by the pupils and not to use the facility as a sleeping yard as it’s sometimes done in some communities. He assured that when the project is probably managed it will
encourage the government and the Assembly to come to their aid with more such projects.
The Former MP Hon. Barbra Oteng Gyasi in addressing the people noted that education can only be improved when a conducive environment effective for teaching and learning is provided. She made it clear that the source of the facility was started by the Common Fund and completed by her established foundation which is the WASA HEMAA FOUNDATION.
She hinted that Education, Health, and Jobs are the three major things she aimed at improving during her days as an MP and now, hence the establishment of her foundation which will help to achieve such a goal. She also took the opportunity to encourage the children to learn hard to benefit from the government’s flagship initiatives such as Free SHS and grantor-free student loan support for tertiary Students.
Speaking at the commissioning, Mr. Samuel Osei, Head of Management and Supervision of the Municipal Education Directorate, who represented the Municipal Director of Education stated that, the new facilities were funded through the Common Fund and WASA HEMAA FOUNDATION, he also thanked the former MP and the MCE for the aim at supporting the government’s priority initiatives for sustainable socio-economic development.
He outlined that, education is the only way for the world to promote a sense of cohesion and solidarity
among displaced people, particularly those of school-going age, as well as help, create enabling
atmosphere that will encourage them to live more purposeful and dignified lives. He advised parents to focus more on their children’s education as it’s through education that he has come far in life.