The Accra Ring Road Central Rotary Club in partnership with Centre for Health Outreach and
Research Ghana, an NGO has organised a medical outreach programme for residents of Asempanaye.
Asempanaye is in the Akuapim North District of the Eastern Region.
Ms Galina Okartei- Akko, President of the Club, in an interview with Ghana News Agency on Friday said the programme was part of activities the body was embarking upon to help improve on the health needs of the community.
The residents got the opportunity for free screening, diagnosis and follow-up medical care where they were given drugs ranging from Multivitamin, Malaria drugs, pain killers among other medication.
She noted that some pharmaceutical companies including Kinapharma limited, Starwin Ghana and J.M Addo and Sons were supporting the campaign with drugs.
Ms Okartei-Akko said the club had adopted the community and was focusing on providing educational facilities, water and sanitation and
health to the people.
She said members have also dedicated their time and professional expertise to facilitate the development of the community.
“We demonstrate by collaborating with a variety of partners on innovative programmes. We are able to provide shelter, nourish, motivate and inspire people,” Ms Okartei-Akko said.
Meanwhile a six-unit classroom block has been constructed and furnished for students of Asempanaye Local Authority School with a
headmaster office attached.
The president announced that the club was currently expanding another six-classroom junior high school block with partnership from different groups including Rotary Club of Denmark, Holland, US and MTN, a communication company.
She expressed the view that the aspirations of the residents of the community could be realised if they have accessible public education system, saying that a sustainable health and vibrant community would be the main driver of success.
She said the club was constructing a four- unit place of convenience and a borehole for residents.
The club presented a number of used clothing and shoes to some residents.
Dr Sebastian Eliason, Team Leader of the Centre for Health and Research Ghana, said residents were educated on how best they could
take their rest and the type of diet they should take to keep them healthy.
Nana Ampem Darko, Odikro of Asempanaye, thanked the club for the programme and expressed the hope that it would go a long way to help
residents.
He appealed to the government to extend the National School Feeding Programme to the area to make pupils stay in class.
Nana Darko called on other corporate institutions to come to the aid of the community by providing more educational facilities to the
people.
He said the provision of the six units classroom block had boosted enrolment by 200 per cent.
“The community also needs additional borehole to make portable water accessible to all,” he added.
He said the chiefs and people also helped the club with communal labour to speed up progress of work.
Asempanaye is predominating a farming community with more than 500 people engaged in Cocoa, cassava, oil palm, maize and plantain production.