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| German Donates To Dzodze Pupils |
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| Posted on: 2007-Mar-28 GNA |
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A GERMAN philanthropist, Lt. Col. Wemer Rauber (rtd), has donated computers, accessories and assorted goods worth ¢150 million to 50 brilliant but needy pupils and the Dzodze Roman Catholic Demonstration School.
They are 23 computers and accessories for a computer science laboratory for the demonstration school and the secretariat of the Torgbui Dey II Foundation Development Fund clothing, shoes, educational materials and 51 bicycles for the teachers.
The donation was made possible through the foundation which was launched last year by Torgbui Dey, divisional chief of Dzodze and chairman of the foundation, with support from Professor Cletus Dudunoo, a management consultant, Lt Col (rtd) Seth Dudunoo of the Kofi Annan Peacekeeping Training Centre and Mr Mark Kporvie, a board member of the foundation.
Presenting the items, Lt. Col. Rauber said the computers are to help reduce ignorance, illiteracy and accelerate the development of the area.
He appealed to pupils, students and the youth to remain in the community and support the development of the area through the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT).
Lt. Col. Rauber said last year ¢58 million was provided towards the provision of fees, clothing and educational materials for the children through the foundation which was judiciously used and lauded the efforts of the trustees of the foundation.
Torgbui Dey advised the youth to seek knowledge and skills through the foundation to transform the area and stressed the need to support the foundation to fight illiteracy, ignorance, squalor and poverty.
He expressed gratitude to the donor and the three prominent citizens of the town for sustaining the foundation, which in future would support other sectors to accelerate development.
Torgbui Dey called for technical and financial support for the cultivation of mango and pineapple and assured of availability of land.
Mr Mark Kporvie hinted that a monitoring system would be put in place and the criteria for selection of needy pupils reviewed yearly so that those who do not excel will be withdrawn for others to benefit.
He urged parents to encourage their children to study hard because there was the need to inject competitiveness in the selection of brilliant but needy children in order to sustain the foundation.
Mr Kofi Dzamesi, the regional minister, challenged traditional authorities to support development-oriented non-governmental organisations to transform their communities and pledged to assist to sustain the foundation.
He disclosed that two Jubilee primary schools will be constructed in each district of the region and asked traditional authorities to release land for that purpose.
Prof. Dudunoo, who chaired the function, stressed the need for the youth to take advantage of the foundation to become computer literate so that they would not be left out in the ICT age which should be used to accelerate the development of the area.
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