By Lydia Kukua Asamoah, GNA
Accra, Dec. 19, GNA - Management Staff of the Petroleum Commission Ghana have presented gift items to the Dzorwulu Special School as part of the yuletide celebrations.
The items included Honda 3.6 HP mower, 30 leather covered mattresses, five Crompton ceiling fans, Salvon Antiseptic, floor cleaners, parazone and Darel Soap.
The rest were sanitary towels, kalyppo drinks, rice, tomato paste, cooking oil, multifruit drinks, biscuits and a special cake for the pupils.
Mr Egbert Faibille, the Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, who led the Management Staff members, handed over the items to the school, saying it was a gesture to show good neigbourliness to the pupils.
“These are a token from us. They may not be much but I always say that the story that Jesus himself admonished us to learn from, is the story of the widow, who gave her mite when others were giving so much.’’
“Sometimes it is not how much money you have but the thought. From your meagre resources you are able to save some and affect others in a positive way. This is what we have done. I believe that it will go a long way to make our special friends very happy, and it would not be the last.”
Mr Faibille said the Mower, specifically, was to enable the school to mow its lawns, which had been a major challenge.
The Management Staff, earlier in the week, also presented office equipment to the Wa School for the Deaf.
Mr Fredrick Tetteh, the Headmaster of the Dzorwulu Special School, thanked the delegation for the gifts.
He said the School did not operate on class level but that the pupils were rather grouped based on their ability, adding that many of those who had graduated had become permanent workers at the School.
Some had also established themselves in trades like beads making and other handicrafts, which were skills they acquired from the school.
He used the occasion to wish all Ghanaians a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.
The Dzorwulu Special School, established as a Home in 1970 by some friends of the mentally handicapped, was later handed over to the Government in 1974 and currently under the Ghana Education Service.
Presently it has 183 pupils, comprising 100 boys and 83 girls, with about 42 staff members.
The pupils, aged between eight to 45 years, have 99 per cent being boarders, with one per cent being day students.
GNA
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