An official of Newmont presenting the materials to a headmistress
Newmont’s Women and Allies Business Resource Group (BRG) ‘Read to Inspire’ outreach programme has distributed over 10,000 learning materials to enhance reading and improve literacy among students in basic schools in the Ahafo mine communities.
The learning materials which include exercise books, textbooks and stationary were presented to five schools along with volunteers who engaged in reading sessions with the students.
Selected schools for its annual ‘Read to Inspire’ outreach programme this year included Afrisipakrom, Roman Catholic Cluster of Schools, Susuanso Roman Catholic, Susuanso Presbyterian School, the Methodist and Roman Catholic Basic Schools in Kenyasi No. 1.
According to the company, the items voluntarily donated by employees and contractors to support the educational needs of the students are also aimed at introducing the Junior High School (JHS) students to potential careers in the mining industry.
Since 2017, the Women and Allies BRG has supported schools in Newmont’s host communities through donations and mentoring for Basic and Junior High School (JHS) students. Through this initiative the group provides books, resources, and mentorship to selected schools in need.
Management of all the schools who received the items and thanked Newmont and said the gesture would go a long way to improve teaching and learning.
Newmont’s Women and Allies Business Resource Group (BRG) is one of the company’s diversity and inclusion initiatives aimed at fostering a supportive and inclusive environment within the organization as well empowering women and their allies through various initiatives, activities, and programmes.
The group has continuously invested in such programmes to support literacy and child education considering the value of educational resources and also driven various literacy and educational initiatives in its host communities, including the Newmont Gold-4-Gold Childhood Reading Literacy Programme.
Launched in partnership with United Way Ghana and the Ghana Library Authority in 2019, this program aims to enhance literacy among lower primary children in targeted communities.
By Samuel Boadi