Kwakwaduam Association Inc of New York completes and commissions a $24,000 Water Project for Akropong School for the Blind

The Kwakwaduam Association of New York has completed and commissioned a Water Project to provide portable adequate water for the School for the Blind at Akropong Akwapim. The project cost about $24,000. The project involved sinking three bore holes with hydrofracturing capability. The bore holes were mechanized, and the water pumped to overhead storage from where it is distributed the water by gravity to strategic points in the school including the girls and boys dormitories, the kitchen and the staff quarters. It is anticipated that this will solve the perennial water problem at the school. Hitherto, the school has no sunk well of its own but has limited access to a community pump located at the entrance of the school. This pump is incapable of meeting the school's demand let alone the public. The blind children have to walk to this water source and compete with the community at large to utilize this facility. There is no mechanized distribution of the water. Water has to be fetched and carried to the kitchen for preparation of food. This is not only inadequate but posses the problem of enhancing water borne diseases. The Akropong School for the Blind which was established in 1945 with four students now has a total student population of 350 students and 150 staff including their families. In the commissioning ceremony, the Kurontihene and Chairman of the Board of the School Osahene Ofei Agyeman thanked the Kwakwaduam Association and indicated that he was immensely impressed by the gesture and hoped that this will be emulated by other organizations. He particularly thanked Dr. Aniapam Boafo, President of Kwakwaduam for his foresight and love of community.

The Headmistress of the School equally expressed her elation at the project and was exceedingly thankful that the water problem of the school for these visually challenged children would come to an end.

Dr. Kwame Aniapam Boafo indicated that the best part of every person’s life is what he or she gives back to the community and he was thankful to all those who contributed to make this a reality

The Kwakwaduam Association Inc of New York is a non profit organization whose mission is to foster a close social, cultural, economic, educational inter-relationships between its members and the community and to organize activities aimed at improving same as well as the quality of lives of the people living in Akropong in particular and Ghana in general.