To bridge the gap between quality education and access to educational resources, a non-governmental organisation, Edufirst Foundation, has donated educational materials to the Breman Benin Catholic Basic School.
The items included books, pencils, pens and other educational materials.
Businessman and founder of Edufirst Foundation, Robert Annan-Dugan, said his interest in helping schools in deprived communities sterns from his childhood struggles.
“ I was raised by a single mother in Breman Benin in the Central Region, and I remember the struggle for basic school items, but I didn’t relent. I held on to my dreams and told myself to help others,” he explained.
Admitting the vast gap between quality education and educational resources in the country, he described it as heartbreaking.
“My childhood struggle was so bad that even at the tertiary level, I could not boot a computer,” he said.
The donations worth more than GHC8,000 was the second gesture to the community in the past seven months.
“ Our aim is to ensure that students have the needed materials to prepare them for the future. The first donation was made on 1st July, and today,7th October 2022, we are here with the second one, “ he said.
Edufirst Foundation intends to extend the donations to other communities in the region and subsequently to other parts of the country.
