By Benjamin Makafui Attipoe, Aveme Gboxome.
As part of activities to mark her 30th Birthday Celebrations, Ms. Celestine Ama Kumagah, also
Known, as ‘Sparkles’ through her ‘Sparkles Initiative’ or yet to be outdoored ‘Sparkles Foundation’, has made a modest donation of stationery items to the Aveme Gboxome D.A. Basic School in the North Dayi District of the Volta Region.
The items, presented to the pupils at a brief ceremony at Aveme Gboxome, included pens, pencils and erasers, textbooks, exercise books, my copy books, staplers and stapler pins, sets of Mathematical instruments, rulers and sharpeners, dusters, colour pencils, permanent marker pens, as well as poster colours.
The rest are key rings, student companion books, story books, courtesy for boys and
girls readers, ruled sheets, puzzles, clip board files as well as building blocks for kids.
Ms. Kumagah, who hails from the community, also donated some quantities of sanitary pads to the school girls to support their menstrual hygiene efforts and activities, all valued at some Seven Thousand, Five Hundred Ghana Cedis (Ghc7,500.00).
Ms. Kumagah, speaking to the pupils, indicated that the donation was made possible by a number of individuals and friends who showed her love on the occasion of her birthday.
She disclosed that it has always been on her heart and mind to positively assist and affect young people around her with little gifts hence the gesture.
According to her, selecting school kids to share in her joyous celebration was not a difficult one at all because of her passion for the development of children.
Ms. Kumagah used the opportunity to advice the kids to always remember where they are coming from and also honour their humble beginnings by not only studying very hard but also eschewing all manner of social and other vices that can ruin their lives and affect their educational careers and goals.
She also urged the school children to be disciplined by being law abiding and also respect their teachers and parents in order to receive the needed blessings from God to realize their vision and dreams in life.
Mr. Elvis Ameh, the Assistant Headmaster, who received the items on behalf of the pupils and the school, was full of praise for the donor and observed that he has never witnessed such a
wonderful gesture by an individual. He therefore used the occasion to appeal to other individuals
and organizations in the area and beyond to come to the aid of the school by supplying them with desktop computers or laptops for use by the pupils and the school administration.
According to him, the gesture would go a long way not only to impact the academic work of the pupils but also motivate the teachers to give off their best.
