THE Hunger Project, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has provided a water reservoir and an animator for pupils of the kindergarten and primary school at Besease near Kwahu Prasu in the Kwahu South District.
The reservoir, was installed by women who were also specially trained by The Hunger Project for its maintenance.
Before the provision of the facilities, many of the pupils in the area, noted for cola nuts, were not regularly attending classes but were picking cola nuts in the bush for sale.
The facilities, especially the animator, has served as bait as a result of which enrolment and attendance in the school had increased considerably.
Inaugurating the facilities, the Country Director of The Hunger Project, Dr Naana Agyeman Mensah, said her outfit was committed primarily to the welfare of children and women that was why it had provided the facilities and also trained the women to work on the reservoir.
Dr Agyeman Mensah educated women on their rights and responsibilities and urged them to consider the education of their children as the best legacy to bequeath to them.
She also castigated men who neglected their children and called for punitive measures to be taken against such irresponsible fathers.
The Chief of Besease, Nana Owusu Kyere, the Headmistress of the school, Miss Comfort Twumwaa, the Presiding Member of the Kwahu South District Assembly, Mr Ofosu Kissi, as well as the assembly member for the town, Mr Karikari Boateng, were all grateful to The Hunger Project for assisting the school.
They, however, appealed to the NGO to see how best it could help provide residential facilities for the staff of the school.
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