Mentor programme at Adjirigano Basic School in Accra 

Mentor programme at Adjirigano Basic School in Accra

Here, our focus was on educating the school children on public health and good hygiene practices especially among the females. Our interaction with the School revealed that there was perennial water shortage in the area in which the School was located. Our Club donated a 750 gallon water tank to serve as a reservoir, as part of the process of promoting personal hygiene 

KEY MILESTONES 

Mentor programme at Amrahia Basic School in Accra 

At the Amrahia Basic School, a sub-urban school, about 8 kilometres from Accra. The Club’s theme for the 2009 -2010 was: ‘Mentor for a better and healthy child’ 

After our initial visit, where we interacted with the staff and pupils, we felt that the need was in the area of boosting the self-esteem, especially of the girl child as part of the process of encouraging them to study hard and stand up in the face of chal-lenges. 

Members of our Club spent a half-day at the School during which we interacted with them. We had a wonderful time with the pupils. We later donated a quantity of books, and identified 10 needy girls from among the pupils who we provided school uniforms. 

Interaction with nurses at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital 

To better appreciate problems faced by female inmates of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, our Club interacted with the nurses, to have first hand information of some of the challenges they face. 

We donated a 1,200 water tank to assist efforts in providing potable water to the patients at the Women’s Wing of the hospital. 

Some members of the Club are seen here with officials at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital after the donation of a water tank to the Women’s Wing. (from right, Jose-phine Manalo, Sophia Amissah Laryea, Saadia Chinery-Hesse and Joyce Banner-man Wood. Jackie Aidoo Mills, second left) 

Donations 

As part of efforts to recognize women working in challenging circumstances the Club visited the Autistic Centre in Accra run by women. The Club interacted with the children and staff and were amazed at various ornaments and art works made by the children. The Club promised to assist them annually and made a donation of stationery and sanitary items. 

Annual donation of sanitary items to the Autistic Centre run by women. 

One of our flagship fundraising events was a Barbeque Family Day held in 2009. Apart from raising funds to as-sist with our service projects, the Day proved to be fun-filled for many Zontians, their families and friends. There was something for each member of the family, including games (football, basketball, bouncy castles,) for the chil-dren, a sports section for fathers and a ladies corner for mothers. 

MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME AT SOWA DIN JSS 

The Club continued with its mentorship programme in basic schools by visiting the Sowa Din JSS school located in Accra in July 2013. So successful was the programme that the school’s brass band joined the Club in a sponsored walk that was later organized to raise funds for its advocacy projects on

The Club made a donation of books to equip the library at Sowa Din JSS 

Similar donation of books were made to the Adjirigano Basic School in July 2013 to equip their library. A follow up was done to find out how the children were improving on their reading. 

In early June 2015, heavy rains caused flooding in Accra which left many homeless, and caused a fuel Station to explode, killing over 100 people in Adabraka, a suburb of Accra. The Club responded to a popular Radio Station, Starr FM’s requests for assistance and donated bales of used clothing and bags of drinking water to the victims of the disaster.