KOSMOS ENERGY ASSISTS SCHOOLS IN 3 DISTRICTS (PAGE 19, JUNE 29, 2010)

KOSMOS Energy Ghana, has presented 22,000 Ghana Education Service certified books to first and second cycle schools in three districts in the Western Region.
The books worth about $50,000 are for Mathematics, General Science, English Literature and a wide area of general reading to enhance education in the Jomoro, Ellembelle and Nzema East districts of the region.
In a statement, the Country Director of the Kosmos Energy, Mr Cavin Black said Kosmos’ focus was to be a good corporate citizen in the communities in which it operated.
He said the company regarded citizens of the communities, where it operated as key stakeholders of its business, saying “Our corporate citizenship is reflected in how we affect the world in which we operate, in the physical, social and economic dimensions.”
Mr Black said support through corporate philanthropy was one way Kosmos could help through a partnership with the communities to bring a real change in the communities.  “We undertake such initiatives with the aim of maximizing social benefits and development.”
Kosmos Energy he said believed in the creation of a positive social change by providing intellectual capital through education and health initiatives.
Health and education, Mr Black said were very important to the development of communities, “with health we are guaranteed of healthy workforce as education enriches the human resource base of the corporate world”, adding that Kosmos’ focus this quarter was educational development.
“We are helping to meet the needs of our community schools by providing books and apart from the three districts a similar donation has been planned for the Western Regional School for the Deaf as well”.
“We also believe every child has the potential to succeed. Investing in high quality learning environments for children from the basic through secondary ensures that children entering school are ready to learn,” Mr Black said.
Mrs Nora Imbeah, the Inspector of Schools commended the company for the support and asked for more support to enable our schools have better libraries.