Thursday, October 20, 2011

James Town pupils receives educational materials

Gateway 4 Youth, a non Governmental Organization (NGO) has presented educational materials to over 84 needy children aimed at supporting and encouraging school going children to take their education seriously.

The educational items including School bags, books and pens, pencils were presented to pupil’s residing in James town, a suburb of Accra.

Mr. Paulos Samuel, former country director of Plan Ghana International at a ceremony to officially present the items said: “This passion and spirit to help those affected youth succeed in life should be emulated and supported by those who are in the capacity to do so.

“I embarked on a nationwide tour during which I identified specific deprived localities that needed assistance, I interacted with opinion leaders and other relevant stakeholders all targeted at obtaining the true and real insight information on what was happening on the ground to enable me provide the needed items to support educational needs of the deprived children in the community”.

He explained that ultimate desire of Gateway 4 Youth is to ensure that children reach their full potentials and has its vision strategically set out to champion the total economic and social transformation change of the youth in Africa through the discovery of talent, skills, development and opportunities.

The organization’s primary focus is on the youth between 18- 35 with whom it works to identify it talent, identify opportunities and find ways of bringing the two together to enable them live a meaningful and purposeful life.

Mr.Paulos served Plan International for over a decade and has strong and loyal passion to help bring improvement and hope into the lives of the youth.

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