ROTARY CLUB PROVIDES DEVT PROJECTS FOR 3 COMMUNITIES (PAGE 22)

THE Takoradi Rotary Club, in partnership with its sister club in Dallas, Texas in the United States of America, has funded a number of projects valued at $43,000 in three communities in the Mpohor Wassa East District of the Western Region.
The three communities, Ampease, Essase and Ahuamalowmuah benefited from boreholes and KVIP public place of convenience.
Speaking at the handing over ceremony at Ampease, the Chief of the town, Nana Atsu Adzewosi, thanked the club for providing the community with one of their most pressing needs, which they would forever cherish.
“We have no water in this community, compelling us to drink from contaminated sources, which make us sick , therefore by the water supply, you have given us life and we will forever remember you,” he stressed.
Nana Adzewosi said the people had contributed enough to the development of the country but they lacked basic amenities that would make life comfortable for them.
“Because of the long distance between us and other well endowed communities, we always lack many amenities,” he emphasised.
In his remark, the President of the Takoradi Rotary Club, Mr Ignorance Kofi Kudu, said “Our focus is service to the deprived and less privileged in the communities and other parts of the world to ensure that the smile is brought back to the face of those who felt neglected and rejected.”
He said one of the major objectives of the Rotary club was to help the people to improve the quality of their life, adding that there was strong fellowship among Rotarians to ensure that they served the people.
“For us, the just and equal society members have devoted our time for the good of society, especially and we do it without expecting any returns; all we want is for the community to appreciate and maintain whatever project that we provide them,” he said.
Mr Kudu further stated that to ensure that they did not give the communities what the club thought would be part of their needs, “we visit them to identify their needs and they make the submission as to what is very important for them, then we research and provide the fund for its completion.
He advised the people to take good care of the projects so that they drink from the facility instead of resorting to their old sources of water supply to avoid contracting water borne diseases.