Ghana Day @Clapham school

GHANA DAY AT ST. MARY’S ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL – CLAPHAM, LONDON
St. Mary’s RC Primary School in Clapham, London was the venue of a recent Ghana Day celebration. Resplendent in exotic traditional attires were pupils of the school, their teachers and members of the St Mary’s Ghanaian group attached to the school.
The purpose of the Ghana theme event was to raise funds and awareness for Afrikids, a UK charity working with abandoned and vulnerable children in Northern Ghana, through a special centre, named the Mother of Mercy Babies.
Afrikids, currently operates the Mother of Mercy Babies centre which caters for the needs of the abandoned children.
The event, interspersed with singing and cultural dancing helped to promote cultural awareness of the differences between children’s lives in England and in Ghana. It also provided an opportunity for children and parents to interact on diverse issues of common concerns.
A side attraction was a special “water carry” sponsored walk on the premises of the school by the children. It was instructive for the participants.
It gave them the opportunity to get themselves involved in the daily routine of many African children who had to trek hundreds of miles to fetch water as part of their daily chores.

PICTURE: H.E. Mr Isaac Osei, Ghana’s High Commissioner to the UK being mobbed by pupils of the school on arrival for the event.