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Abokobi and Danfa get new Libraries
Accra, Oct. 6, Ghanadot/GNA- The Ministry of Tourism and
Diasporan Relations together with the United Nations World
Tourism Organisation's Sustainable Tourism: Eliminating
Poverty programme (UNWTO-STEP) on Saturday inaugurated
separate libraries worth 30,000 dollars at Danfa and Abokobi
in the Ga East District of the Greater Accra Region.
The project, initiated by Ms. Dho Young-Shim, a Korean and
Chairperson of UNWTO-STEP formed part of a pilot project
aimed at helping least developed countries through quality
education to break the cycle of poverty.
Ms. Young-Shim said the project would be replicated in the
rest of the African countries and urged the children to use
the facilities to enhance their knowledge.
She said Ghanaian children must make good use of their
educational facilities to help utilise the natural
resources.
" Korea, unlike Ghana does not have gold and other minerals
but through education, it has become one of the
industrialised countries in the world", she added.
Mr Kofi Owusu Ameyaw, Deputy Sector Minister called on the
children to take advantage of the projects to build up their
capacity which would help in the country's development.
He called for a good maintenance culture and urged parents
to invest more in the education of their children.
Mr. Kofi Allotey, DCE of Ga East said the project was a
timely intervention to provide quality education, especially
for such a deprived district for socio-economic development
adding, " manpower capacity of every nation depended much on
education".
He lauded the support of the Koreans in complementing
government's effort at providing the basic facilities to
improve education.
Mr. Samuel Oduro-Anim, Project Officer of the Assembly said
the community provided the land and the building at a cost
of 80 million cedis, while the furnishing and the supply of
books was done by UNWTO-STEP through their sustainable
Tourism to Eliminate Poverty Project.
GNA
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