IWAH donates books to some selected schools in Bolgatanga

Indigenous Women Against hunger and poverty IWAH has donated assorted books to some selected schools in the Upper Region, Bolgatanga.

The books were in three categories that is primary category, junior High and Senior High Schools.

The books include Novels, non-fiction books, comic books, encyclopias, and dictionaries, among others. 

In all, over 20 schools benefited from the donation. Some of the schools that received the books, include  Kandiga Senior High Technical school, Doba SHS, Nanga SHS, Atampurum B’ JHS, Bolga SHS Bigboss, Zurungu JHS, Zamse Senior High Technical School, Gambigo SHS, Bongo SHS, Gore SH Technical School, Kongo SHS among others.

IWAH’s main aim is to encourage their fellow women to exploit the available resources around them to better their living standard, rather than looking elsewhere for help.

According to the founder of IWAH, Mrs. Akolaa, IWAH is operating in four communities in Bolgatanga Municipality for about four years now. She said they are in Gambibgo, Nangodi, Winkogo and Namoo.

Mrs Akolaa said IWAH is operating with six core principles. Among the six objectives, one is to fight for core support to develop rural communities, women and children including education.

The learning improvement project under IWAH is what they are embarking with the books to encourage the children to learn to read and write.

 

Mrs. Akolaa said IWAH is working in collaboration with another NGO, known as Mothers of Africa, they are the organizers of the books.

According to the founder, her primary aim was to build a library in Gambibgo in honor of her late father, but since the library was not ready, she decided to donate the books to the school children as part of her yearning desire to improve the reading habits of the children in the Upper East Region.

 

Mrs. Akolaa said as a teacher herself, she love reading books so much and would like to replicate the same habit in the children.

She therefore advised the teachers to monitor the children to use the books judiciously and promised that more books were yet to come.

The chairman for the occasion a retired educationist Mr. R A Adjene underscored the poor reading habits of school children, adding that the books were meant to be read effectively, for it is said if a child reads well, he or she is an intelligent child.

GBC                                                                          END                                                  E. AKAYETI