World Vision Ghana has donated medical supplies, waste bins and classroom furniture to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) and Ghana Education Service (GES) in the Bawku West and Tempane districts of the Upper East Region.
The intervention forms part of the organisation’s efforts to strengthen health and education service delivery and improve the well-being of community members within its operational areas.
The items were presented by the Bawku West Area Programme Manager of World Vision Ghana, Joseph Edwin Yelkabong, who said the organisation’s programming covers health, education, water and sanitation, agriculture and livelihoods, among other areas.
He explained that the organisation’s interventions are informed by monitoring activities conducted jointly with institutions to identify gaps requiring support. At the Ghana Health Service in Bawku West, World Vision Ghana presented 25 Salter weighing scales, 15 bathroom weighing scales and five infantometers.
The organisation also donated 10 Child Welfare Clinic registers, 10 antenatal care registers and 10 postnatal care registers, and 10 Urit 12 HB meters to support health workers in the district.
“This donation is our small contribution towards strengthening health service delivery in Bawku West. Through our joint monitoring with the Ghana Health Service, we identified some gaps, and these items are intended to support health workers, particularly in child monitoring and other essential services”, he stated.
Mr Yelkabong said the donation was part of World Vision Ghana’s contribution towards strengthening health service delivery, particularly services targeting children. He noted that the organisation had previously supported health facilities in the district with four delivery beds after monitoring revealed shortages at some facilities.
World Vision Ghana also donated 20 large-sized dustbins to the Ghana Health Service, 20 to the Ghana Education Service and 10 to the Bawku West District Hospital to support waste management.
The Bawku West District Director of Health Services, Stephen Bordotsiah, expressed appreciation to World Vision Ghana for what he described as its continued support to the district’s health sector.
He said the medical equipment and logistics would complement existing resources and help health workers provide quality care to residents.
“These are very important equipment and logistics that we have received from them, and it will go a long way to help us in service delivery in general,” he said.
As part of its education interventions, World Vision Ghana also presented 60 mono-desks and chairs to Kpantarigu Primary School in the Bawku West District. Mr Yelkabong said the decision followed a visit to the school during which officials discovered that some pupils were learning while sitting on the floor.
He explained that although education was not previously a major component of World Vision Ghana’s programming in the area, the organisation’s New Strategy (FY26-FY30) has incorporated education.
“We know this support is not enough to address all the furniture needs in the district, but it is a beginning. Under our new education programming strategy, we want to work with schools and communities to identify critical needs and, within our capacity, contribute to creating a better learning environment for children”, he added.
He said the furniture donation was therefore the beginning of a broader effort to support schools facing critical infrastructure and furniture needs. He urged the school authorities and community to maintain and protect the furniture to ensure that it serves pupils for many years.
In the Tempane District, World Vision Ghana presented another 60 mono-desks and chairs to Bugri Primary School to address furniture shortages.
The Human Resource Manager of the Tempane District Education Directorate, Abdul-Karim Osman, who received the items on behalf of the District Director of Education, expressed gratitude to World Vision Ghana for the intervention.
He said furniture shortages remained a major challenge confronting schools in the district and described the donation as an important contribution towards creating a conducive environment for teaching and learning. Mr Osman also appealed to World Vision Ghana and other development partners to extend similar interventions to other deprived schools in the district.
World Vision Ghana says its interventions are aimed at contributing to improved systems and services that enable children to survive, learn and thrive.
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