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Street Academy supports pupils with learning material
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Some of the children receiving the learning material from Miss Mellanie
Street Academy, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has presented over 4,000 learning materials to more than 400 pupils in Accra to motivate them to learn as they return to school.
The learning materials, worth over GH₵45,000.00 include exercise books, pens, pencils, erasers, among others.
It was supported by Nii Boi Abbey and Ms Melani Lea Mennella, a Human Right Lawyer and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Seapro Trade.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency, Ataa Lartey, Executive Director of Street Academy, said the support was in line with the institution’s mission to use education, culture, and sports to bring out the hidden talents of less fortunate children living on the streets of Accra.
He said the books would also serve as motivation for the pupils to remain committed to education and “know that someone cares and loves them.”
Mr Lartey added that, “as schools reopened on Tuesday, September 10, the students will be equipped with the materials at hand to start their academic work.”
According to him, the Academy submits names of children to the Ghana Education Service (GES) to be enrolled into the public schools, adding that “this year we are sending 18 children to the public school and it is the responsibility of the school to provide them with learning materials.”
He therefore encouraged the children to focus on their academic work to become better citizens and contribute to Ghana’s development agenda.
Ms Melani Mennella said every child had the right to education and therefore, there was the need to support them as they go back to school.
She said the learning materials would reduce the burden on parents as most of them found it difficult to provide their wards with learning materials when school reopened, and urged the students to make good use of the items as education was the key to success.
The beneficiaries expressed gratitude to the Academy saying that the materials would help them study better and keep up with class exercises.
The Street Academy runs a three-year bridge programme preparing street children for mainstream education, the public school system, vocational training and sports.
It is committed to the most vulnerable children, the Street Academy is 100 per cent free, sponsoring books, uniforms, and two meals a day. –GNA
Work has commenced to reclaim the Lafa water retention basin at Mallam as part of government’s ongoing efforts to mitigate flooding in Mallam, Weija, Dansoman and surrounding communities.
The operation is being led by the 48 Engineer Regiment of the Ghana Armed Forces, and is aimed at removing years of accumulated solid waste, silt and illegal structures that have significantly reduced the basin’s capacity to hold water.
The exercise includes dredging of the basin, evacuation of waste to a designated landfill site, demolition of illegal structures within the water reserve and the construction of protective embankments to secure the area.
The intervention, coordinated by the Post-Flood Mitigation Task Force, forms part of a broader national effort to restore waterways and drainage channels across Accra following the devastating June 29 floods.
Government has made resources and equipment available for the exercise, with similar works ongoing simultaneously at Oyarifa, East Legon and the Kpeshie Lagoon area.
The Task Force has urged the public to cooperate with the ongoing exercise and to desist from activities that obstruct waterways and undermine flood mitigation efforts.
Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
The Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak on the advice of the National Security Council and by Executive Instrument, has reviewed the restrictions on motorbike riding within the Bawku Municipality and its environs in the Upper East Region.
Effective Monday, August 25, 2026, men and women are now permitted to ride motorbikes between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. daily.
The curfew hours, however, remain unchanged from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.
Government has also reiterated that there is a total ban on all persons in the Bawku Municipality and its environs from carrying arms, ammunition or any offensive weapons, and any persons found with arms or ammunition will be arrested and prosecuted.
The government has called on Chiefs, Elders, Opinion Leaders, Youth and people of the area to exercise restraint in the face of the challenges confronting them and to use non-violent means to channel their energies into ensuring peace.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
