First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo in a group photograph with pupils and officials
The First Lady and Founder of the Rebecca Foundation Rebecca Akufo-Addo has welcomed the first batch of 15 pupils who recently took part in the Ghana-China Exchange Programme.
The pupils, drawn from SOS schools in Tamale, Kumasi, Tema, Asiakwa and other parts of the country, were in China for a 10-day sports and cultural exchange programme facilitated by The Rebecca Foundation and Belt and Road Collaborative Innovation College (BRCIC) of China.
The team, which left Ghana for China on October 20, 2018, returned to the country on November 1, 2018.
The programme afforded the Ghanaian pupils the opportunity to engage in football matches, cultural dances and folklore with their Chinese counterparts.
The Ghanaian team beat the Quingdao Licang Experimental School by 10 goals to win the trophy in a keenly contested soccer competition.
Formally welcoming the pupils at her office in Accra, Mrs Akufo-Addo expressed her delight at opportunity offered them to engage in various activities with their colleagues on the other side of the globe.
She advised them to use the exposure offered them through the trip to aspire to greater heights.
The First Lady used the platform to urge corporate bodies and benevolent institutions and individuals to support the Rebecca Foundation in its humanitarian endeavours which includes the construction of the Mother and Baby Unit at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital and the recently launched Learning to Read Project.
Narrating their experience, the pupils said the trip exposed them to the culture, education and history of the people of China; an opportunity which would have been a dream for most of them.
They said the Chinese are friendly, hard-working and hygienic.
The pupils used the opportunity to present the trophy they won in a football competition with their Chinese counterparts to Mrs. Akufo-Addo.