The Anopa Project, an NGO championing development through sports, has launched a three-year project to harness the potentials of differently- abled persons from three special schools in the Greater Accra and Central Regions.
The project seeks to hone the talent of visually impaired, sighted and children with Intellectual or Development Disabilities (IDDs) through infrastructure enhancement, inclusive education, vocational training, and sports on need basis.
The beneficiary schools are the Ghana National Basic Inclusive School and Aboom Special School both in Cape Coast and the Dzorwulu Special School in Accra.
Funded by the RYTHM Foundation, the schools will see renovations to improve teaching and learning, scholarships for students, active enrolments, and skills development.
The Anopa Project also inaugurated Ghana’s first deaf swimming club, and a team of bakers made of children with IDDs.
Mr Ernest Appiah, Executive Director, Anopa Project, said the compound of the Ghana National Basic Inclusive School will be resurfaced to make the environment safer for the students.
Other projects included enhancement of the classrooms, provision of assistive technologies, a mini library, scholarships for deprived students, training workshops for teachers and sport festivals.
For the Aboom Special School, assistive technology devices, wheelchairs and therapeutic footwear will be provided while the compound resurfaced, classrooms upgraded, potable water facility, scholarships, as well as baking and confectionery training given the students.
Other projects are skills training in pottery, soap making and other vocational skills for the Dzorwulu Special School.
He touted the achievements of the Project for the past 14 years, saying more than 3,200 kids have been enrolled back to school with many awards won in the past, and expressed gratitude to the RHYTHM Foundation for its continuous support.
Source:myghanadaily
