Story: Ernest George Asare, Woarakose
THE people of Woarakose in the Bosomtwe-Atwima-Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region have celebrated their Kohwe-Kose festival. The occasion was also used to raise funds to support development projects initiated by the community.
The festival that was instituted 10 years ago, has become the main platform for citizens both home and abroad to meet annually to discuss the welfare of the community.
The community has been able to construct classrooms, tarred their streets, rehabilitated public toilets to improve sanitation and is now constructing a community centre with funds raised from previous festivals.
The community centre, which started a few years ago, has reached an advanced stage of completion, but the people need to generate about GH¢50,000 before they can complete it.
Speaking at the ceremony, the Chief of Woarakose, Nana Kwame Agyei II, urged the youth in the community to actively participate in the festival.
He also advised them to work hard to earn a living instead of indulging in dubious business which in the long run could dent their image or ruin their lives.
Nana Agyei urged the youth of the town to refrain from premarital sex and concentrate on their academic work to enable them to earn decent living in the future.
In his welcoming address, the assembly member for the Woarakose-Onwi Electoral Area, Mr J.K. Asuming, advised citizens who were yet to join the Health Insurance Scheme to do so and receive quality health care.
He urged parents to invest in their children’s education to enable them become responsible future leaders.
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