The King of Dagbon, Ndan Ya Na Abukari II, has allocated a land for CAMFED Ghana to build their offices in the Yendi municipality of the Northern Region.
The Ya Na believes that when CAMFED constructs their offices in Yendi, they will be able to initiate more projects and increase their activities which will impact girl child education and the wellbeing of girls in Yendi and its surroundings.
CAMFED has supported about 1,132 students from 17 schools in the Yendi municipality in the Northern Region.
Chief Bin Dana, Ahmed Ayuba Ziblim, who represented Ndan Ya Na Abukari II, made this known at a community durbar organised by CAMFED at the Gbewaa Palace in Yendi.
He commended CAMFED for transforming the lives of poor and vulnerable school girls in the municipality and giving them a chance to access quality education.
“Thank you for considering these girls, because in the families sometimes the girls are denied education, and so your intervention will provide these girls with opportunities to have a brighter future,” he said.
Chief Bin Dana called on the good people of Yendi to give CAMFED all the needed support to ensure that their projects in the municipality impact the students and their families for the betterment of the municipality and Ghana at large.
He urged parents to ensure that they help in the upbringing of their children in order for them to excel in education.
The Head of Communication and Strategic Partnership, CAMFED, George Yaw Adorshie, disclosed that CAMFED is implementing a new strategic plan from 2024 to December, 2029.
According to him, the implementation of the new strategic plan will enable them to scale up their activities in the districts and the regions of operation.
“From 2024 to December, 2029, CAMFED will continue to provide bursary support to girls to have education, increase support for CAMA network, intensify support for learner guide, increase support for the enterprise development programme,
He called on the people of Yendi to support CAMFED to help them impact girls and the entire Yendi community and its surroundings.
“CAMFED will work with the Yendi community to ensure that the programmes that we have in mind with the new strategic plan will be implemented successfully,” he stated.
Rural girls have least access to education and are most vulnerable to HIV/AIDS. CAMFED’s mission is to multiply girl’s access to education and accelerate benefits to individuals, their families, and communities.
CAMFED’s work in Ghana is focused in the Northern, North East, Savannah, Bono East, Bono, Western, Eastern, Greater Accra, Ashanti, Upper East, Upper West and Central regions.
FROM Eric Kombat, Yendi