Organization tiles premises of Madina Demonstration Basic and Special Unit to support Inclusive education

 

The West African Hardware and Decor Limited, Adenta, has tiled a part of the premises of the Madina Demonstration Basic and Special Unit.

The organizations offered to tile the three classroom block, linked to the Special unit with Spanish tiles and tiled the corridors and the porch of the specified block.

This was in response to an appeal by the headmistress of the school, Mrs Selina Twum-Ampofo.

The Headmistress told the Special Mothers Project, an advocacy programme for children with special educational needs that the school has some of their classroom floors damaged as well as the veranda which causes a lot of dust and hampers effective teaching and learning.

Mrs Twum-Ampofo said, even though we are a government school, we want to do our best to make this school, the Madina Demonstration Basic and Special Unit a model inclusive education facility and we are doing our best to achieve that.

She said the school has 530 learner which include children with special educational needs and called on philanthropists to support her vision to make the school a model government inclusive educational facility.

Mr Victor Owusu, Director of the West Africa Hardware and Decor Limited said the gesture is part of the company’s corporate social responsibility to support children with special educational needs.

 

Vivie’s Dance Factory organizes Sparkle Day recital

Vivie’s Dance Factory, a dance school that promotes the arts through education, performances and entertainment is organizing an event dubbed: Sparkle Day recital to showcase the theatre talents of the school.

The Sparkle Day recital which is an annual event offers an opportunity for students, parents and the public to come together to appreciate the contribution of the performing arts to the society.

Ms Vivian Boateng, Chief Executive Officer of Vivie’s Dance Factory, expressed belief that some social issues could be addressed through performances.

“We believe children in Ghana have great talents, unfortunately, there aren’t many creative arts hubs to help nurture these talents,” she said.

She said the school uses performing arts to teach the children value for self, discipline and focus.

Ms Boateng said the Sparkle Day recital event is used to boost the confidence of the students as they perform on one big platform in front of audience.

The event to be held on Saturday, 18^th June, 2022 will have about 400 students perform and will involve performances by the VDF students and groups from other partner schools.

It will include performances in Acro Dance, Hip Hop, Contemporary dance, traditional African drumming and dance, ballet, musical theatre among others.

The theme for the event is: Get Back Up Again, Ms Boateng said: “our message is simple, we want people to keep hope alive despite the pandemic.