The Ghana Education Service (GES), has commended Right To Play Ghana, for its decision to extend psychosocial support to children during this period of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Director-General of the GES, Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa described the project by the organisation as a “special one” which will help children and their parents in the rural parts of the nation.
Professor Opoku-Amankwa stated that, “Your initiative is a special one being that this is an initiative where teachers will go into the homes and give opportunities to communities where they may not have access to radio and internet.”
He said this when Right To Play made a donation of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) and educational materials to the Service worth GH¢ 532,000.00.
The items donated were made up of 1,200 pieces of locally manufactured nose masks, 50 boxes of hand washing soap, 250 boxes of hand gloves, 7,000 pieces of hand sanitizer, 2,000 pieces pens and 2,000 pieces of pencils.
Others include 4,000 copies of exercise books, and 4,000 copies of level-appropriate storybooks as well as 3,000 copies of specially designed communication material on Covid-19.
The gesture kickstarts the organisation’s Psychosocial Support project that would be carried out in six Districts across the country which begins this month of May.
Over 100 volunteered teachers in Ga South, Keta, Kumbungu, Tolon and Savelugu will be participating in the project by visiting homes to take children through various lessons and games designed to build and train them during this period of the pandemic.
Speaking at the short ceremony held at the premises of the Ghana Education Service, the Country Director of Right To Play Ghana, Jospehine Mukakalisa, said the decision to undertake the project was driven by “the organisation’s vision to help children overcome adversities.”
She stated that Right To Play will be supporting the various education Directorates in the six Districts to “provide supplementary learning, health and psychosocial support to the children and their families in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.”
Story filed by Nhyira Kwabi.
