Flava Music Donates To Akropong School For The Blind

The Akropong School for the Blind in the Eastern Region of Ghana was established 1945, the first in the South-Saharan Africa with four students.

It was first started on the premises of the Presbyterian College of Education (PCE), formerly Presbyterian Training College (PTC) at Akropong-Akuapem.

A few weeks ago, the Chief Executive Officer of Flava Music Production and Pure City International School (PCIS), Mr. Precious Kweku Sena-Fiawu, presented assorted items worth Ghc7000 and a cheque of Ghc1000 to the school as part of efforts to extend its social responsibility to society which forms part of PCIS's one year anniversary celebration.

The items include 20 bags of rice, gallons of oil, crates of soaps, sugar, toiletries, detergents, medicines and table top fridge. Similar donation was made to the Children's ward of 37 Military and Ridge hospitals in Accra last year.

Presenting the items, Mr. Precious K. Sena-Fiawu, said, “It is not easy to be physically challenged and I am impressed with what I have seen here today especially the music department which has inspired me to do more to assist them to realize their full potentials, and anytime I do this my soul is always at rest”.

“If you talk to them they say they don't need sympathy but empathy. I always ask myself, what if I was one of them? Some don't start as blind but in the course of their lives they go blind. So it can happen to me and it can happen to you. It is my responsibility and as far as I live, I will always do it”, he promised.  

In his welcome address, Mr. Daniel Oppong a former student and a teacher, told the entourage that the school is not a 'Home' but a 'School' with the slogan “Disability is not inability.” “Therefore we don't ask for sympathy but rather we ask for empathy and we don't look for charity but look for opportunity and we are always willing to partner people to develop the blind child,” he said.

Receiving the items and the cheque on behalf of the school, the Assistant Headmaster of the school Mr. Joseph Atsu Hormadzie, also a blind, expressed gratitude to Flava Music Production and Pure City Int. School for the donation and called on Ghanaians to support the school and as he put it disability is not inability.

On his part, the head of the music department Mr. Benjamin Boateng said his outfit is in deplorable state and appealed to Ghanaians and other philanthropist to come to their aid with musical instruments to improve the department.

By DJ AMESS