THE Kumasi East Rotary Club has donated a number of items, including a deep freezer and a gas cooker, to the St Michael's Vocational Institute at Pramso in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region to enhance the practical work of the students.
The items, estimated at $2000, also comprised four sewing machines and two hair-drying machines.
The President of the club, Mr Charles Robert Amoako, who presented the items on behalf of the members, gave the assurance that plans were far advanced for the club to donate 20 additional sewing machines to the institute to enhance practical training there.
He said the club was more determined than ever to support the practical training of students in institutions in rural communities as a way of building their skills in an effective and efficient way.
He said the club had also contributed in diverse ways to the development of some rural communities in the region.
He said last year, the club constructed a number of boreholes for some communities to reduce water-borne diseases among residents in those communities and also supported others with educational and health facilities to enhance their socio-economic development.
Mr Amoako mentioned Kra Akosua, Domeabra, Poano-Ntinako, Patrensa among others, as some of the beneficiary communities.
The Head of the institute, Mrs Juliana Owusu Antwi, who received the items on behalf of the students, commended members of the club for the gesture.
She said the items had been presented at an opportune time because they came at a time when the students were preparing feverishly for their practical examination.
She said inadequate facilities in the school had always undermined the practical training of the students and, therefore, appealed to organisations, institutions and individuals to support it in diverse ways.
Mrs Owusu Antwi noted that the school also needed furniture in its newly constructed classroom to enhance academic work and urged benevolent societies to help in that direction.
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