For years, students of Odortum/Poliwa Anglican primary school in the Upper Manya Krobo district of the Eastern Region, faced water challenges that affected teaching and learning. The lack of potable water compelled the students aged between 4-12years to resort to unhygienic water sources.
On reporting to school, the children would have to walk for about two kilometres to a stream to fetch water for drinking and other sanitary purposes
The situation has now changed thanks to Izwe Savings and Loans 10th anniversary corporate social responsibility (CSR) impact projects. Izwe Savings and Loans built and handed a mechanised borehole water system to the school to alleviate the plight of the students.
The Odortum Anglican Primary School has more than 100 students from kindergarten to upper primary. The children come to school from surrounding communities including Poliwa, Kordunya and Kpertim.
Watch the handing over of the borehole
“The water situation has always been there. We must sometimes carry water from long distances to the school. What Izwe Savings & Loans has done for us means a lot to me and my friends. We can’t thank Izwe enough,” Daniela, a pupil said.
The headmaster of the school, Christian Tawiah, said the water problem in the school seriously affected academics. “It affected the academic performance of the students. They always spent a lot of time going to fetch water. This should not happen,” he said. During the dry season, school children would have to trek extra kilometres in search of water.
