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Regional News of Friday, 7 May 2010

Source: GNA

A Danish NGO supports educational institutions in Akropong-Akwapim

Accra, May 7, GNA - Computer Aid to Ghana, a Danish-based Non Governmental Organisation (NGOs), on Friday donated items worth GH¢35,0= 00 to some educational institutions in Akropong-Akwapim in the Eastern Region. The items presented in Accra included computers, stationary for schools, hospital beds, wheel chairs, story books and other educational materials. The items were distributed through an Akropong-Akwapim-based NGO, Adasaf Foundation. Mr. Kwame Danquah, Director of the NGO, who send such items from Denmark on regular basis to the various institutions in Eastern Region sa= id they were intended to improve quality of life in Akropong-Akwapim and its=

environs. "I believe that donating these items to the people in the rural area= s who really need it would enable the school children have access to Information Communication and Technological (ICT) facilities", he said. Mr. Kofi Saforo, Director of Adasaf Foundation, expressing gratitude= to the Danish NGO, said he hoped beneficiaries would put the items to good u= se. He urged the children to take advantage of the story books to improv= e on their reading habits. 7 May 10