For the many residents affected by the Akosombo dam spillage, the disaster will never be forgotten, as it ruined their lives more than they thought.
Ahlodo Mary, a 17-year-old female student, was not spared by the disaster.
Ahlodo like other girls, have stopped going to school as the flood affected their school too. Teaching and learning have been halted in all affected communities.
Ahlodo Mary says she wants to return to school as soon as possible because she has the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in June 2024.
“Please help us go back to school; education is the key to success. Our books and learning materials were affected by the flood; however, some of us are in Form 3, and we have BECE next year in June,” she added.
Pencils of Promise’s (PoP) intervention
Pencils of Promise, a non-profit organisation operating in the Eastern, Volta, and Oti regions with a focus on education, is among the many donors who visited the communities to donate and sympathised with the victims.
On Friday (3 November), staff of PoP, led by Freeman Gobah, the country director, toured the various camps in the affected districts.
Freeman Gobah said, “We were here two weeks ago to assess the situation and we realised that water is a key component of the challenges that people in the camp are facing so Pencils of Promise donated 1,500 bags of sachet water to the people of New Bakpa”
The team also donated sanitary pads to girls and women in the camp. “And then we also gave a five-month supply of sanitary pads to the girls, especially the students and ladies in the community,” Freeman added.
Pencils of Promise moved to Mepe R/C Basic School, where they made similar donations.
Freeman Gobah noted that they will return to renovate the Mepe R/C primary school block, a project of PoP, when the flood completely recedes, adding that they will replicate it in other affected schools in the Central and North Tongu districts.
He also added that “Pencils of Promise globally is raising funds; we’ve launched a three hundred and fifty thousand dollar fund to be able to take care of some of these repairs (renovation of affected schools) and supply (teaching and learning materials) to schools”.
A basic six-teacher at Mepe R/C primary school, Peace, thanked PoP for the intervention. She said the sanitary pads will help alleviate the struggle the female students go through to acquire them.
She also added that the support will also enhance “learners participation in class”.
Reporting by Albert Kuzor in the Volta Region
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