Multi-million dollar agric initiative launched

27-11-08
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Multimedia Group Limited (MGL) has launched an Education Trust Fund to support brilliant, needy senior high school (SHS) students.
Beneficiaries of the “MGL Educare Trust Fund” will each be given GH¢300 and some ‘pocket money’ a term during their course of studies.
The first batch of 10 beneficiaries from six SHSs are T.I. Ahmadiyya Senior High School (Potsin), Ebenezer Senior High School, Odorgonno Senior High School, Methodist High School, West Africa Senior High School and the Aburi Girls Senior High School were yesterday presented with their scholarship packages at the ceremony.
The beneficiary students are Thomas Amoah, Henry Nii Quarshie, Doris Korama, Stella Antwi Konadu, Harold Neequaye, Issifu Gariba, Derrick Agbemazi, Shantel Iris Nunoo, Dominic Acquah and Beatrice Morrison.
MGL are the owners of myjoyonline, Joy FM, Adom FM, Luv FM, Asempa FM, Hitz FM, Nyhira FM and mypaddies.com.
The Deputy Minister of Education, Science and Sports, Mrs Angelina Baiden-Amissah, commended the MGL for coming out with such a bold initiative to encourage children to be in school.
She urged the beneficiaries to take advantage of the opportunity presented to them to develop themselves in order to become responsible citizens in future.
The Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the fund, Very Rev. Ama Afo-Blay, said the fund, which was part of the company’s social responsibility, was to help give back to society what the company received from it.
According to her, the MGL was committed to transforming the lives of needy, brilliant students, and that the target of the fund was to cover 100 students in the next five years.