Indianapolis University Prof, students support three schools

Page 15, 21/01/12

Story: Emmanuel Adu-Gyamerah

A PROFESSOR at the University of Indianapolis in the United States of America (USA), Dr Jodie Ferise and some of her students have presented 8,000 assorted books worth over GHC20,000 to three schools in the country.
The beneficiary schools are the Precious Kids Academy at Ashaiman, Bethel A.M.E Zion School Complex, also at Ashaiman and the Ochripey Community School, near Salaga in the Northern Region.
Dr Farise and her students were invited to the country by a non-governmental organisation (NGO), Mission Resources Ghana International last year and decided to mobilse the books for distribution to the schools to assist in the education of pupils.
The joy of pupils and parents of Precious Kids Academy, where the presentation of the books took place, knew no bounds when the books were presented to them. They joyfully sung, danced and thanked the donors for the gesture.
In his remarks, Dr Farise praised Ghana for efforts being made to educate children to support the country’s future development.
“I am so impressed about the enthusiasm with which these school children are learning to enable them to become useful future leaders”, she said.
Dr Farise said it was with love that students from the University of Indianapolis collected books for donation to the three schools.
She advised Ghanaians not to be interested in events which only concerned them, but should also be interested in the welfare of others.
“We are here because we love these kids. We are here because we attach importance to the welfare and the proper growth of these kids”, she said.
Dr Farise said when she visited the country last year, she donated a number of computers to the schools and gave the assurance that she would continue to mobilise resources to assist the schools to enable them stand to properly educate the pupils.
She later cut a tape to inaugurate the library for the Precious Kids Academy which was stocked with books which she presented to the school.
Books stocked in the library included reference books, science, mathematics, fiction, non-fiction, encyclopaedia, classics and devotional books, among others.
The President of the Ghana Missions Association, Pastor Enoch Nyador who dedicated the books urged pupils in the beneficiary schools to read widely in order to enrich their knowledge.
For his part, Apostle Sampson Dorkunor, Head of the Living Bread Mission, proprietor of the Precious Kids Academy thanked the donors for their gesture and announced that the school’s library would be opened to children in the entire community.
The Headteacher of the academy, Mr Innocent Todzi, who received the books pledged that the pupils would use the book to enrich their knowledge in order to become useful adults in future.