Dr. Kusi presenting a laptop to the beneficiary
THE Osei-Kusi Foundation (OKF), a humanitarian organisation that focuses on education among other sectors has awarded ten visually impaired students from the Mampong Akuapem Deaf and Dump School in the Eastern Region, for their outstanding performance in the just ended West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
At the release of the provisional results by the West African Examination Council (WAEC), the students had their scores ranging between aggregate seven to 13.
At a brief ceremony held in Accra, Founder of OKF foundation, Dr Kofi Osei –Kusi congratulated the students for their outstanding academic performance in the exams despite the many challenges posed by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
“We are so proud as a foundation to invest in your education and talent irrespective of your physic challenges. We are always overwhelmed with joy seeing our scholars excel in their endeavours. Your disability is indeed not your inability” he stated.
He also reiterated the commitment of his outfit to provide character development, career guidance, and leadership development for the scholars to succeed in life.
Laptops, certificates, educational materials and an undisclosed amount of money were presented to the students to motivate them to strive for more academic excellence in the future.
A certificate of excellence was also presented to Emmanuel Asamoah, a beneficiary and a visually impaired second-year student of the University of Ghana (UG), Legon for earning over twenty certificates of proficiency from Microsoft after developing an educational website for Senior High Schools in Ghana.
In an interview with Daily Guide, Martha Ashong a beneficiary of the awards expressed gratitude to the foundation for their benevolent gesture in sponsoring their education etc.
“We the visually impaired students are very grateful for your support and interest to invest in our academic lives and we promise to make you proud,” she said.
The Osei –Kusi foundation’s scholarship scheme for over two decades has supported brilliant but needy students through primary school to the tertiary level while helping them develop skills for their leadership career.
The Foundation since 2011 has received several awards which include the 2016 High Impact Awards, the 2017 Philanthropic Foundation of the year at the Small & Medium Enterprises (SME) Ghana High Impact Awards, and National Philanthropy Awards in Accra.
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BY Prince Fiifi Yorke