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GNAD supports Bechem School for the Deaf
The Ghana National Association of the Deaf (GNAD) the national association advocating for the rights of Deaf people have for the second time, presented five (25) boxes of Yazz sanitary pads and three (3) boxes of antiseptics (Dettol) to the management of Bechem School for the Deaf in the Ahafo Region on Monday 20th February 2023.
The donation forms part of efforts of the association to meet the needs of adolescent girls of the school to improve their menstrual hygiene to enable them to participate in learning in school.
The donation forms part of a project implemented by the Ghana National Association of the Deaf (GNAD) with financial support from AmplifyChange.
The project which is a 24-month project seeks to improve access of deaf people to comprehensive Sexual Reproductive Health and to improve on menstrual hygiene of adolescent girls for some selected basic and Junior high schools across the country.
Mr Eric Sapey Jnr and the team GNAD Project Lead told the Ghanaian Times that the project sought to train about 1,000 deaf people including adolescent girls to know about their Sexual, Reproductive Health including menstrual hygiene management.
It is also to empower them to deal with the challenges associated with menstruation which impacts negatively their education.
Mr. Eric Sapey Jnr said more than 200 students’ boys and girls of Bechem School for the Deaf had been trained on menstrual hygiene with similar training being held in Savelugu School for the Deaf as well as Hohoe School for the Deaf in the Northern and Volta Regions respectively.
The Vice Principal of Bechem School for the Deaf, Mr. Armstrong Adu-Boakye who received the items on behalf of the students commended GNAD for the support for the school and assured them that the items would be given to beneficiary students.
He expressed his gratitude to GNAD for including the school in the project and for the various support and encouragement. He stated that the support from GNAD and Amplify Change has been impactful. He appealed to other stakeholders to support the school so that the distribution of sanitary pads to the girls will continue to assist needy girls to participate in learning.
He appealed to other benevolent organizations to emulate the shining example of the Ghana National Association of the Deaf (GNAD).
National Democratic Congress (NDC) National Executive Committee member and Volta River Authority (VRA) Board Member, Wonder Victor Kutor, has described calls for the resignation of Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa as premature and unjustified.
He argued that there was no evidence to establish that the minister had committed any wrongdoing to warrant such demands.
Speaking on Joy News in Accra on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, Mr Kutor questioned what had changed to justify the growing calls for the minister to step down.
He recalled that the Ranking Member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Abu Jinapor, had earlier indicated that the opposition was not accusing Mr Ablakwa of any wrongdoing.
Mr Kutor, therefore, challenged those demanding the minister’s resignation to provide fresh evidence to support their position.
“The call for the Minister to resign is premature, it is untenable. There is no evidence. I mean, what has he done wrong?” he questioned.
He added that documents, including boarding passes, airline receipts and flight manifests relating to the minister’s return journey, had been provided.
Mr Kutor expressed concern that the calls for Mr Ablakwa’s resignation could discourage young politicians from speaking out against corruption and advocating transparency.
According to him, politicians should not be targeted or maligned for demanding accountability, warning that such treatment could create the impression that speaking against corruption could later become a liability when one is appointed to public office.
He maintained that calling for accountability and transparency should not be used as grounds to target public officials without evidence of wrongdoing.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Ghana will host the Africa Festival of Arts, Culture and Creatives (AFESTAC) 2026 alongside Industrial Skills Week Africa (ISWA) 2026 in Accra from December 9 to 12, 2026.
On the back of these programmes, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, has called on corporate Ghana, the media and the general public to support the initiative through partnerships, sponsorships and active participation.
The events, supported by the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), will bring together stakeholders to celebrate Africa’s rich cultural heritage, strengthen the creative economy, promote industrial skills development and create employment opportunities for young people.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
