By Francis
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As part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) drive, the Ahodwo Business Centre of ASA Savings and Loans in Kumasi has supported education in the Ashanti Region with a donation to the Adiebeba M/A Basic II.
The package included 40 dual desks, three sets of teachers’ tables and chairs and 250 exercise books, aimed at improving teaching and learning conditions in the school.
The donation came as a huge relief for Adiebeba M/A Basic School, which has long struggled with inadequate furniture. Established in 2000 and located in Kumasi, the school currently has a student population of about 300. For years, the shortage of desks forced many pupils to share seats in congested classrooms, hampering effective teaching and learning.
The new furniture and supplies are, therefore, expected to ease pressure on existing facilities, create a more conducive learning environment and enhance academic performance.
Speaking at a brief handing-over ceremony, Md. Khalilur Rahaman, Operations Manager of ASA Savings and Loans, described the gesture as the institution’s contribution to improving education standards in Ghana. “This is our little way of giving back to society, which continues to support our business and sustain our operations,” he noted.
On her part, Lily Opoku Mensah, CSR/Sustainability Officer at ASA Savings and Loans, said that the donation was not a one-off gesture, explaining that ASA intends to replicate similar interventions to support more deprived schools across the country.
She further noted that ASA has already planted over 3,100 tree seedlings across the northern belt as part of an afforestation drive to restore depleted forest cover and help mitigate the impact of climate change.
Receiving the items on behalf of the school, Mary Owusu Sekyere, Head Teacher of Adiebeba M/A Basic II, expressed profound gratitude to ASA for the timely support. She noted that the donation would help ease the school’s chronic furniture shortage and create a more conducive learning environment.
The head teacher also appealed to other corporate institutions and individuals to emulate ASA’s example to help improve teaching and learning outcomes.
