IWA donates books to some selected schools in Bolgatanga 


Indigenous Women Against Hunger and Poverty, (IWA) has donated assorted books some selected schools in the Upper Region, Bolgatanga

The books were in three categories that is primary category, junior High and Senior High Schools. 

They include English books, mathematics, science, history, geography encyclopias, dictionaries, among other readers, in all over 20 schools benefited from the donation. 

Some of the schools that received the books, include: Kandiga Senior High Technical school, Doba SHS, Nanga SHS, Atampurum B’ JHS, Bolga SHS Bigboss, Zurungu JHS, Zamse Senior High Technical School, Gambigo SHS, Bongo SHS Gore SH Technical School, Kongo SHS among others. 

IWA main aim is to encourage their fellow women to exploit the available resources around them to better their living standard, rather than looking elsewhere for help. According to the founder of IWA.  

Mrs. Rosemary Atintonno, IWA is operating in four communities in Bolgatanga Municipality for about four years now. She said they are in Gambibgo, Nangodi, Winkogo and Namoo. 

Mrs. Atintono said IWA is operating with six core principals among them six objectives, one is to fight for core support to develop rural communities, women and children which include education. 

The learning improvement project under IWA is what they are embarking with the books to encourage the children to learn to read and write. 

According to Mrs. Atintonn IWA is working in close collaboration with another NGO, known as Mothers of Africa, they are the organizers of the books. 

The primary aim was to build a library in Gambibgo in honor of her late father, but since the library was not ready, she decided to donate the books to the school children. 

Mrs. Atintono advised the teachers to monitor the children to use the books judiciously and promised that more books were yet to come. 

The chairman for the occasion a retired educationist Mr. R A Adjene underscored the poor reading habits of school children, adding that the books were meant to be read effectively, for it is said if a child reads well, he or she is an intelligent child. 


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