Mrs Kermah (left) receiving a rabbit from Madam Kwakuyi

Goshen Global Vision (GGV), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has donated some agricultural items to the Agricultural Science Department of Sekondi College (SEKCO) at Sekondi in the Western Region.

They include four doe (females) and one male (buck) rabbits, coop for eight rabbits, feeding trough, nesting boxes, watering cans, Biochar and rabbits droppings, vegetable seeds, garden spades, rakes and forks. 

The Executive Director, Madam Mary Perpetua Kwakuyi said the main objective of GGV was to whip the interest of the youth in agriculture for them not to rely on non-existing white collar jobs.

She said that GGV was an NGO very much concerned about the environment and effects of climate change.

She said by presenting the items to SEKCO, her outfit was asking the Agriculture students to be very dedicated to their chosen subjects take care of the environment which humans depended on for all their needs.

Madam Kwakuyi said SEKCO was the first second cycle institution GGV was collaborating with to fight environmental degradation and see how to mitigate the effects of climate change which the school had shown by planting trees.

She said the rabbits would be used for practical experiments by the Science students especially those doing Biology, the droppings from the rabbits would be used as organic manure for the garden and the urine would act as pesticides for insects that might disturb the garden.

The Executive Director disclosed that GGV would use SEKCO as a model school for the use of Biochar (organic manure made from rice husks, saw dust or groundnut shells) in their school garden as case study for other schools.

The Headmistress of SEKCO, Mrs Goddy Abena Ampomah Kermah thanked the NGO for choosing the school as a model school and the items to be used by the Agricultural Department.

She said SEKCO was trying to take Agriculture to the next level and with the introduction of Biochar by GGV as organic manure, was welcome news to promote agriculture in the school.

She said management was trying to bring all tutors and non-teaching staff on board because a small backyard garden would surely produce some food for their families.

She said the collaboration between GGV and SEKCO would go a long way to make the youth develop interest in agriculture and go into it full time because agriculture had so many branches but not only farming.

From Peter Gbambila, Sekondi