By Juliet Aguiar DUGBARTEY, Sankor
The Ahantaman Rural Bank PLC has donated two jumbo size 10,000 water tanks, totaling GH¢24,000 to Sankor Senior High School (SHS) at Sankor, in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region.
This, is to ensure access to safe water, which is very essential to the health of the students. Hitherto, the
students had to fetch water at the communities nearby for the kitchen staff and for their personal use.
As a result, this affect their studies since they are always late for lessons among others.
At a brief ceremony, Chief Executive Officer of Ahantaman Rural Bank PLC, Mr. Benjamin Afful-Eshun explained that the school is located in a new area which has had challenges previous years.
“We have been supporting the school from time to time. Already, the bank has constructed a kitchen, which is used by the Domestic Bursar and the team in preparing food for the students. We also have some of the scholarship beneficiaries in this school while those who have completed are pursuing their tertiary education at the various Universities” he added.
The donation of the tanks, he said is in response to an appeal made by the school. “The students are writing their West African Senoir School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and had to travel to other communities nearby to fetch water and this, poses a lot of risk to them especially the girls and doesn’t impair sanitation”.
Mr. Afful-Eshun pointed out that though, government is supporting Sankor SHS but cannot shoulder all the responsibility and there is the need for us to support as part of our corporate social responsibility and to commemorate the 40 years of the bank’s existence.
He therefore appealed to organizations within the municipality and the region at large to support and develop the school.
The Headmistress of Sankor SHS, Madam Otilia Akaba added that the school has problem with water and stable electricity.
“Although, we have borehole here but we have power issue which does not help in pumping the water to the various locations in the school and this, has affected the kitchen staff as well as the students”, she said.
She said “this, is a growing school and we need a lot of things; the tanks, have made us heave a sigh of relief, we would connect them to the kitchen and the dormitory blocks to ensure frequent supply of water to all”.
“We are very grateful to Ahantaman Rural Bank for responding quickly to our request. We are appealing to philanthropists and benevolent organizations to help us solve the accommodation problem. As the head of the school, I have to commute from Takoradi to this place every day, look at the nature of road of the road” she added.
She concluded that “our doors are widely opened to anyone who would like to support”.
