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Renovate, rename market after former President Rawlings …Berekum Rawlings Park market women appeal
Market women and traders at the Rawlings Park market at Berekum in the Bono Region have appealed to the next NDC government to convert the market into a modern one with better facilities to honour the memory of the former head of state.
The current deplorable state of the market, according to the women exposes them to the vagaries of the weather, making business and trading activities unbearable for them.
The market which is an open structure without lockable stores was constructed during the Rawlings administration but has since deteriorated.
The leader of the market women, Maame Yaa Badu, made the appeal when the Vice presidential candidate of the NDC visited the area during a campaign tour of the Bono Region
The market, one of the busiest which attracts traders from within and outside the Berekum municipality was earmarked to be named after Former president Rawlings but it did not materialise.
The market women subsequently installed Prof. Opoku-Agyemang as a market queen of the Rawlings Park market to signify their unflinching support for the NDC party.
Prof. Opoku-Agyemang on her part appealed to market women to vote massively for former President John Dramani Mahama in the December polls.
The NDC party, she noted has superior policies and programmes to improve the cause of women and Ghanaians in general, saying that the only way such policies could materialise was for the NDC to come to power.
She said the party would establish a women’s bank to offer soft loans to women to support their trading activities as well as improve their livelihoods.
According her, policies such as the big push, apprenticeship programme and 24-Hour economy would boost training and employment opportunities for the youth of the country.
She further challenged Ghanaians to demand accountability from their political leaders, saying that the essence of elections was about development.
From Daniel Dzirasah, Berekuma
Medical Doctor and dietician, Dr Bernice Korkor Asare, has urged women to take greater responsibility for their lifestyle choices, particularly their eating habits and levels of physical activity, to help reduce their risk of developing breast cancer.
According to her, although, some breast cancer risk factors, such as family history and certain reproductive factors, may not be within an individual’s control, lifestyle choices offer an opportunity for people to take preventive action.
She made this known during a talk on the topic: “Role of diet in breast cancer prevention” organised by Times Ladies Association of the New Times Corporation, publishers of The Ghanaian Times and The Spectator, in Accra on Thursday.
The event themed “Breast Cancer Awareness- Promoting Early Detection, Healthy Eating and Prevention.” 
She noted that having a risk factor did not automatically mean a person would develop breast cancer, but could increase the likelihood of developing the disease compared with someone without that particular risk factor.
“Having close relatives who have had breast cancer, particularly a mother, sister or daughter, may increase the risk, although not everyone with a family history will develop the disease,” Dr Asare opined. Read More.
By Adizatu K. Munkaila
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A group of compassionate friends from Innovation Gospel Impact last Friday visited the management, teachers and learners of the Street Academy in Accra.
The visit was to interact to get a deeper insight into the operations of the Academy that houses hundreds of street and underprivileged children and find ways to support them.
The team was led by Rev. Dr Isaac Apenteng Yeboah, a former Director for West African Mailbox Club and Director for Prisons Support Foundation, and Rev. Dale Sutherland from Washington DC.
The call, according to the visitors was occasioned by reports about the struggles of the Academy despite the occasional support it enjoys from individuals and some corporate entities.
Briefing them, the Founder and Executive Director of the Academy, Dr Ataa Lartey, thanked them for the concern showed, indicating that “this is a major boost for both teachers and learners; knowing that their plight is known by people outside their premises.”
According Dr Lartey, the Academy had planned to undertake a number of project to enhance teaching and learning and also procure facilities for the children with keen interest in sports but had to shelve those plans for lack of finance.
He told the team that their biggest concerns were the monthly utility bills that takes a toll on their finances.
“We have a piece of land we planned to turn into an astro turf pitch to train the younger ones whose interests lies in making a career out of football, however, we have been unable to commence because there is no money now,” he said.
Dr Lartey expressed gratitude to the teachers who have dedicated their lives to training these children, rather than going for well-paying jobs and hoped that with time, their conditions of engagement would improve.
Moved by the plight of the Academy, the group donated a cash amount of Gh₵3,000 to settle its water bills.
They described as unfortunate the conditions of learners and teachers of the Academy and pledged to continuously support their operations to realize the dream to build a better future for the unfortunate children.
The group offered to support the school with its monthly utility bills, feeding and staff allowance and urged the Academy staff to remain in constant touch with them.
The Street Academy is located at the Accra Art Center and offers brilliant but needy the chance to pursue their educational dreams by enrolling them in public schools with others offered training in sports and cultural activities.
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