US NGO assists Jacobu SHS

Page 21, April 11, 2008
Story: Emmanuel Adu-Gyamerah
HELPING Hands International Mission, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in the United States of America (USA), has donated five boxes of science books to the Jacobu Senior High School (SHS) in the Ashanti Region.
The leader of the NGO’s delegation which visited the Odotobri Constituency, Mr Simons James, also promised to provide a number of computers for the school’s library, which currently has only one computer for the 514 students.
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Odotobri, Mr Emmanuel Akwasi Gyamfi, through whose efforts the NGO made the donation, told the Daily Graphic that the organisation would also provide the school with more books and science equipment.
He said a computer would also be provided for the Integrated Centre for Employable Skills (ICES) at Jacobu, which also has only one computer serving 60 students.
According to him, the NGO would assist the school to complete a hostel project to provide accommodation for the students.
Mr Gyamfi said when the delegation visited the St Peters Hospital in the town, many requests were made by the authorities and these were being considered by the NGO.
He thanked the organisation for coming to the aid of people in the area, and expressed the hope that its promises would be fulfilled.