Iduapriem employees build a bungalow for teachers

General News on Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Source: Myjoyonline.com

2019-04-02

The AngloGold Ashanti Mining Department Personnel Protection Association (Iduapriem) has built a three-person bungalow for the Kwame Tsentsen M / A school located in the Prestea Huni Valley municipality.

The project, which was started by the community, was stalled at an early stage for many years due to lack of funds until the mine employees mobilized 20,000 ¢ to complete the construction.

The construction of the bungalow should improve the quality of teaching and learning and reduce the burden on teachers who have difficulty accepting school badignments due to housing problems. .

Speaking at the commissioning and handing over ceremony, Stephen Asante Yamoah, Mine Manager at Iduapriem Mine and Social Welfare Protector, said they were affected by the fate of the school and motivated by one of the core values ​​of AngloGold Ashanti (AGA). the project.

"We always say whenever and wherever we go that we want the communities and societies in which we operate to be better for AngloGold Ashanti," said Yamoah.

Stephen Asante Yamoah, Director of Mines for the Iduapriem Mine and Boss of Wellbeing

"As employees, we took up the challenge that the school and the community were facing and we decided to mimic our company and help it."

He badured the community and school authorities that Idupriem employees would continue to provide the necessary support, in line with AGA's social investment and education improvement programs.

Yamoah also called on other workers to help communities and schools facing similar problems.

The principal of the school, Frederick Archer, thanked the Association for his kind gesture and called him, along with other charitable organizations, to help the school to acquire computers to facilitate teaching and learning. learning of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the school.

Stephen Teye Zuta, circuit supervisor at Awudua, who represented the city's director of education, congratulated Iduapriem's ​​staff for the project and noted that most teachers were reluctant to accept badignments to the school. 39 school due to lack of space.

He urged the school head, school management committee, teachers and community alumni to take care of the building and keep it in good condition at all times.

The Petepom Electoral District Assembly, Chief and Elders, community members, alumni, teachers and school children attended the graduation ceremony.