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Swedish government building hostel for
orphanage
Biadan (B/A) Feb. 21, GNA- The Swedish Government was
building 1 billion multi-purpose hostel for the Children of
World of Friends School and inmates of the Biadan orphanage
at Biadan, near Berekum in Brong-Ahafo.
The project expected to be complete by the end of the year,
would have a clinic, entertainment center, library, computer
laboratory and conference room.
Dr. Nana Henneh Ababio, founder of the Orphanage, disclosed
this to the GNA at a get-together, organized by the Regional
Secretariat of the Ghana National Commission on Children (GNCC),
for the inmates of the Orphanage at Biadan.
He said individuals and associations in Sweden have promised
to donate clothing, food, teaching and learning materials to
the Orphanage, and appealed to government and other
public-spirited individuals and organizations to also
support the facility.
Dr. Ababio expressed concern about the alarming rate of
streetism among the youth and stressed the need for
government to assist such people to become responsible
citizens.
He said the Orphanage, established in 1994, with 20
children, now had 135 inmates and appealed to the Ghana
Education Trust Fund to award scholarships to brilliant
inmates to enable them to further their education.
Mr. Hammond Oppong Kwarteng, Regional Director of GNCC,
advised the inmates to abstain from social vices such as
pre-marital sex and drug abuse and instead take advantage of
government's educational policies to acquire knowledge and
skills.
He advised parents to teach their children values and
traditions of the country to enable them to be
self-disciplined.
Nana Gyamfi Kumanini II, chief of Biadan, thanked the GNCC
for its concern for the inmates and advised the children to
concentrate on their studies and eschew social vices.
GNA
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