BOSOMTWE RURAL BANK ASSISTS SCHOOL (PAGE 3)

THE management and the board of directors of the Bosomtwe Rural Bank have donated a cheque for GH¢1,000 to the authorities of the Jachie-Pramso Senior High School (SHS) to facilitate the rehabilitation of the female dormitory of the school.
The donation, which forms part of the corporate responsibility of the bank, is to ensure speedy work on the project to stop leakage and destruction of books and other logistics anytime it rains.
It is in response to an appeal made by the headmistress of the school to the bank a few weeks ago.
The Supervising Manager of the bank, Mr Felix Owusu-Achiaw, presented the cheque on behalf of the bank to the Headmistress of the school, Ms Asuande Eshun Famiyeh, at a short ceremony at the school.
Mr Owusu-Achiaw gave the assurance that the bank would be committed to its social responsibility to communities and institutions within its catchment area to enhance sustainable socio-economic development.
He mentioned infrastructural development of educational institutions at both the basic and SHS levels, health and sanitation facilities and small and medium-scale industries as areas the bank had been supporting financially and materially over the years.
He said in 1999 the bank furnished the library of the Jachie-Pramso SHS, adding that when the school was rehabilitating its administration block the bank presented quantities of cement and ceiling fans to support the project.
"We have also been sponsoring quiz in the school to motivate the students to focus on their academic programmes and this, to me, is raising academic standards at the Jachie-Pramso SHS," he noted.
He expressed the hope that the donation would be used to speed up rehabilitation work on the female dormitory to "enable the students to have a conducive place to sleep and concentrate on their academic programmes".
Receiving the cheque, Ms Famiyeh commended the bank for its continuous support to the school over the years and assured it that she would use the money for the intended purpose.
She said the rehabilitation of the female dormitory was estimated at GH¢150,000 and noted that the donation would reduce the cost.
She appealed to corporate bodies, firms, institutions and the old students of the school to actively support the rehabilitation work to enhance smooth academic work.