The 2011 winner of Miss Teen Ghana, Hamida Yakubu, has donated a set of school uniforms to pupils of Edinso Primary School in Akim Oda of the Brim South District.
The
donation forms part of her educational project she is embarking on after
winning the first edition of the teen pageant in Ghana.
At
a grand durbar attended by virtually the entire community, organizers of the
pageant, Nas Media Consult and a few media personnel, Hamida Yakubu donated a
set of school uniforms to over 70 pupils in primary school.
The
Miss Teen winner also promised the pupils other stationeries to help reduce the
burden of parents and help motivate children to stay in the classrooms.
Chief
of Edinso, Nana S.T Larnyo, and elders of Edinso thanked the beauty queen for
selecting the community out of the many in the country for the project.
They
enumerated some problems facing the community, saying their source of water
from the Edin River was not the best for both washing and drinking.
The
chief and his elders then took the team to the riverside to see the water which
looked muddy and had a sour taste. Also, the team was taken to a 56-year-old,
28ft 11inches Bridge which has seen little maintenance after it was built.
The
chief pleaded with the beauty queen to help lobby for a bore hole for the
community and adequate teaching staff for their school while he advised parents
to use the achievement of the 17-year-old beauty queen as a guide to push for
the best for their wards in education rather than farming and buying materials
items. Miss Yakubu made known her desire to help seek sponsorship for the
provision of a bore hole to provide potable water to the community while she
take the world stage for the Miss Teen World pageant later in the month. Her
donation and community service will form part of her taped project to be
presented for the beauty with a purpose segment of the world pageant.
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