ROTARY CLUB PROVIDES FREE DENTAL SCREENING TO WOMEN, DONATES LIBRARY BOOKS

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A woman undergoing dental screening by the team from Kumasi Rotary Club

The Kumasi sector of the Rotary Club led by its Vice Chairman, Lawyer Kofi Addo, has presented assorted Electronic and hard copy books worth four thousand Ghana Cedis to stock the library of the Bethel Preparatory School at Suntreso in Kumasi in the Ashanti region. 

The three thousand video and audio books covered subjects areas such as Mathematics, English Literature, Social Studies, Science and Environmental as wells Story books. 

In addition to the books, the Rotary Club organized a free dental services to members of mainly the Women’s Fellowship of the Suntreso branch of the Christ Apostolic Church which also owns the Bethel Preparatory School.

 
Some of the new books provided by Rotary Club
The dental screening was led by Dr. Samuel Danso who after screening the women, also treated those who were diagnosed of various dental problems such as mouth cleaning and the extraction of unwanted teeth. 

Those whose conditions were severer were however referred to their preferred hospital for further treatment. 

The Head Pastor of the Bantama Area of the Christ Apostolic Church International, Reverend Emmanuel Owiredu, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of the Schools, expressed gratitude to the Kumasi Rotary Club for the 


gesture saying that but for the books donation, the school’s library would have been depleted of the appropriate books. 

Reverend Owiredu commended also the School’s Management Committee for working tirelessly to secure the assistance of the Rotary Club.

 The Management Member in charge of Academics, Michael Asare was excited about the books donations which, according to him, can significantly boost a programme of the school christened “  Read-One- Book Every Month” which was not effective as a result of inadequate reading materials at the school’s library.

 Mr. Asare also thanked especially the Kumasi President of the Rotary Club, Nana Esi Adade Amankwah who did all she could to ensure that Bethel Preparatory received the books from the Club.

 The Vice President of the Kumasi Rotary Club, Lawyer Kofi Addo who made the presentation, explained that the books were received from the Rotary Club International which has always assisted the local sectors to provide critical social interventions in the areas of potable drinking water for schools, free health services as well as donation of books to needy institutions.

 Lawyer Addo mentioned for instance, the construction of the Plastic and Burns Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi as one of the major social interventions Rotary Club has undertaken in the Ashanti region. 

He assured that the Club will continue to provide free social services to augment what the government has been doing for speedy national development.

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