Over 2,000 basic school pupils in the Gusheigu and Karaga districts in the Northern Region are benefitting from World Vision’s foreign sponsor’s scholarship scheme.
The scheme is codenamed, “World Vision Aside Voluntary Contributions: Gift Notifications (GNs).”
According to the organization’s Sponsorship Systems Administrator, Franklin Mwintoma Haruna, some identified needy children below 13 years are often introduced to potential sponsors in overseas for assistance.
“Each month, each sponsor is supposed to donate US$35 to the child he/she is taking care of through World Vision aside voluntary contributions called Gift Notifications (GNs) to the tune of US$200 at a time and in situations whereby the money is beyond US$200, the top up is given to other children in the beneficiary child’s community also to benefit.”
“But aside the US$200 GNs donation to a child, a sponsor can also send gifts including clothes, toys and extra money to the child.”
Mr. Franklin said World Vision would continue to support rural education in line with its poverty eradication strategy.
One of the beneficiaries, a class three pupil, Tia Arahamatu told Citi News that her sponsor has been generous over the years.
“I receive enough financial support from my sponsor in recent times. A few months ago, the sponsor sent me US$10,000 as a gift, and the money was used to construct a water facility which now serves our entire community.”
She recalled how children in the community used to travel far in search of water which affected school attendance.
“Now that we have water close to us, we can fetch for our parents to prepare food for us to eat and also bathe.”
World Vision remains a real-life transformer in the three regions of the north.
Its mission is to address child poverty, food and nutrition security, water and sanitation issues, lack of access to financial services and vulnerability to climate change and disaster risk.
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By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah/citinewsroom.com/Ghana
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