2,000 basic school pupils in the Ashanti, Eastern and Greater Accra regions have been targeted by leading beverage company, Voltic Ghana Limited to benefit from its flagship “Water for Schools Project”.
The maiden edition was launched in partnership with the Jaldhaara Foundation on Tuesday at the Ayeduase Roman Catholic Basic School in the Ashanti region.
Voltic Ghana as part of its corporate social responsibilities and sustainability priorities, is focusing on three major initiatives known as the “3WS”. The 3WS represent Women Empowerment, Water Stewardship and Waste Management.
Reports that span across several schools, indicate that children usually miss class or get distracted because of thirst and the subsequent search for water to quench that thirst.
Speaking to Ultimate Business at the launch, Managing Director of Voltic Ghana Limited, Francois Gazania mentioned that the company is poised to provide and improve access to quality, safe potable water to deprived schools and communities.
“For us at Voltic, it is very critical to focus on water and to ensure that the water is safe and clean for the students, so that they can learn and develop.”
Voltic’s investment of $20,000(USD) into the Water For School Project, is also in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6, which is to ensure access to clean water and sanitation for all people.
Mr. Gazania added that “Voltic as a business, is very proud to quench the physical thirst of these little ones, even as they thirst for academic excellence, refreshed and only focused on being the best they can be.”
He also hinted of a scale-up plan which could include more school pupils, possibly in the next academic year.
“The motivation behind the 2,000 figure is that, this is the first year that we’re doing this programme and so we decided to choose 5 schools which represents 2,000 students.”
“If it works, next year we’ll be able to carry on and support these kinds of programmes. For now its schools we’re concentrating on but we have some programmes with communities”, the Voltic Ghana MD mentioned.
The 330 basic school pupils who at the kindergarten level to primary 6 at the Ayeduase R/C Basic School also received a donation of exercise books to support their classroom work.
Jaldhaara Foundation’s Nana Fredua Mensah on his part, was delighted about Voltic’s partnership and believing in their mission to quench the thirst of a larger majority.
He stated that “Jaldhaara is a social sector organisation that works to provide safe drinking water to schools and communities”. Today’s event is like a pilot project.”
Furthermore the traditional leadership and the authorities at the Ayeduase Roman Catholic Basic School expressed their utmost appreciation to Voltic Ghana Limited and Jaldhaara Foundation for identifying them as a needy community in terms of water supply and actually honouring the promise of providing safe, quality water for their wards.
By: Ghana/Ultimatefmonline.com/106.9FM/Patricia Ama Bonsu
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