A GHANAIAN lecturer at the University of Kentucky in the United States, Professor Kwaku Addo, and his wife, Mrs Esther Addo, have constructed a kindergarten classroom block at Adjeikrom, a deprived farming community in the Fanteakwa District in the Eastern Region.
The kindergarten, which has been named Kentucky Academy, is also being supported by the Extension Homemakers Association of the University of Kentucky.
Members of the association who paid a courtesy call on the Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, at his official residence at Koforidua after visiting the academy said the association had decided to provide the necessary facilities and meals for the children to relieve their parents of additional burden.
Briefing Mr Ampofo on the reason they had decided to put up the kindergarten block, Professor Addo, whose in-laws have stayed at Adjeikrom for years, said he and his wife were aware of the financial difficulties facing the people and that compelled them to undertake the initiative.
He gave the assurance that he and his wife and the association would continue to provide the necessary assistance that would transform the kindergarten to become one of the best in the country.
Mr Ampofo expressed his appreciation to the couple and the association for coming to the rescue of one of the numerous rural communities where educational facilities were poor.
He stated that their assistance would go a long way in complementing the government’s efforts at providing quality education for all children of school age in Ghana, especially in deprived communities.
The regional minister took the opportunity to brief the group about the region’s system of governance and its culture, economic, agricultural and tourism potentials.
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