GH¢700,000 forster home project

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04-07-08

A school project for the Christ Faith Foster Home at Fafraha, near Adenta, has been inaugurated in honour of the late Chairman of the Vanguard Group of Companies, Nana Awuah Darko Ampem.
The school block, which comprises three classrooms, an office, a staff common room, a store room and a library, was constructed by Vanguard Assurance Company Limited at a cost of GH¢60,000, while City Investments Company Limited, a member of the Vanguard Group invested a further GH¢10,000 for the furnishing.
Inaugurating the project, a Deputy Minister of Education, Science and Sports, Mrs Angelina Baiden-Amissah, said the kind-heartedness shown by Vanguard could not be overlooked, as it was contributing to government’s efforts to achieve the aims of the educational reforms.
“The magnanimity of Vanguard Assurance has been portrayed here by putting up a school block for Christ Faith Foster Home in order to help these children who need our love and care,” she intimated.
Mrs Baiden-Amissah urged stakeholders to partner the government in making the education reform a reality by encouraging the young ones through visits, interaction and sharing of experiences in order to boost their morale.
The deputy minister thanked Vanguard Assurance and City Investments Company for the project and called on other corporate bodies to emulate “this example, so that more children would be beneficiaries of such noble ventures”.
The Chief Executive Officer of Vanguard Assurance Company Limited, Mr Mahama Emmanuel Baba, said the project was a reflection of Nana Darko Ampem’s venerable legacy. The late Nana Darko Ampem was the Nkosuohene of the Juaben Traditional Area.
“When we cut the sod for this project last year, I indicated that this school block and similar ones we plan to build hopefully every year, represent the focus of our new social responsibility policy to assist deprived communities with decent school blocks,” he indicated.
Mr Baba said Nana, in his lifetime, was very passionate about education, and that he could go great lengths to provide assistance to virtually anyone who called on him for assistance.
He said it was to uphold the late chairman’s commitment to education and concern for the underprivileged that the Board of Directors of Vanguard Assurance decided last year to honour his memory with the construction of school project.
The Managing Director of City Investments Company Limited, Mr Sam Tettey, appealed to the authorities of the school to ensure that they preserved the investment.