Monday, October 11, 2010

Rotary club launches 25th anniversary celebration

The Rotary Club of Accra Ring Road Central has launched its 25th anniversary with a call to deepen community service in the country.

The celebration, which is under the theme "25 years of Selfless Rotary Service", runs till the end of the next year.

The Rotary Club of Accra Ring Road Central is the third Rotary Club to be chartered in Accra, in 1986. The Club owes its birth to the Rotary Club of Accra West, the Club that sponsored its charter. With a charter membership of 33, the membership strength now stands at 60.

The Club has planned year-long activities including the rebranding of a bus-stop along the Ring Road, completion of the Asempanaye School Project, a presentation of the 4Way Test Plaque, and an Anniversary Gala to climax the activities in June 2011.
Rotary President, Galina Okartei-Akko, said: “the club has indeed come a long way in building communities and bridging continents with the support of all our partners.”

The Club as part of its achievements has supported the provision of clean water to the Osu Vocational School, the Saboba Agricultural Station in the Northern Region, to Supreso and surrounding communities, the Larteh Methodist Junior Secondary School, and Bawjiase Orphanage among others.

The Club also renovated the Kaneshie Cripples Home and Rehabilitation Centre and provided sewing machines and tools to the students.

On education, the Rotary Club of Accra Ring Road Central has supported the infrastructural development of Accra High School; Teshie Presbyterian Junior High School; and offered cash awards to Girl Science Students of the Teshie Secondary School.

The Club is presently focused on improving access to education in Asempanaye, a village in the Akuapem North district. The project comprises the construction of two three-classroom blocks and a head-teacher’s office equipped with furniture, and construction of water and sanitation facilities.

It has also for the past two years organised an annual medical outreach in the community. Club members have also contributed immensely to the eradication of polio in Ghana.

Rotary is an international service club organisation first introduced into Ghana in 1958 with the establishment of the Rotary Club of Accra, and over the course of over five decades it has spawned a total of twenty clubs nationwide. Rotary club members are volunteers who work locally, regionally, and internationally to combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, provide education and job-training, promote peace, and eradicate polio under the motto Service above Self.

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