Dzorwulu Special School receives ‘goodies’ from gospel singer Herty Corgie
by michael eli
dokosi/www.blakkpepper.com/ghana
US based gospel singer and minister; Herty Corgie made a donation to the Dzorwulu Special School on Tuesday, February 26, 2019 in a bit to
lend support to the government run facility which caters to the needs of students
with special needs.
Corgie, who is a budding musician is based in the US state of
Maryland with her husband and children but keeps keen interest in
happenings in her Ghana home country.
It is on her recent visit that she opted to lend a helping
hand to the Dzorwulu Special School based in Dzorwulu where she resided while
in Ghana.
Items presented to the school include packs of fizzy drinks, gallons
of cooking oil, bags of rice, bags of sachet water, detergents, toilet
papers, cartons of canned tomatoes, canned fish and a few other items.
Assistant headmaster of the school, Freddie Tetteh
who received the items expressed gratitude calling on other
non-governmental organisations and philanthropists to support the school
with nutritious items and educational materials. Herty Corgie with Assistant Head at Dzorwulu Special School Mr. Freddie Tetteh
He submitted the 160 students in the school are trained to possess
skills they can use to earn a keep when they graduate from the school
adding the students are trained in agriculture, carpentry, car washing,
sewing, bead making and cooking of local dishes.
The special educators who instruct the students in education
are drawn from the University of Ghana, University of Cape Coast and the University
of Education, Winneba – UEW.
Mr. Tetteh stated as a government run boarding facility, they enjoy
subvention from the state as well as a beneficiary of the free education
scheme. He however pointed out that the school could do with
instructional materials as the students require a one-on-one
interactional mode of knowledge transfer as they don’t fare well with
abstract teaching. The teaching and non-teaching staff number about 45
and while some stated they had apprehension dealing with the students,
they’ve since learned to adapt and wouldn’t have it any other way.
Intellectual disability (ID) is characterized by below-average
intelligence or mental ability and a lack of skills necessary for
day-to-day living. People with intellectual disabilities can and do
learn new skills, but they learn them more slowly. Herty Corgie granting an interview to a press lady
Herty Corgie supported by her Herty Corgie Music team after the donation mentioned her ‘GraceFoundMe’
nonprofit organisation registered in the US about the two years ago
supports humanitarian projects both in Ghana, the US and other countries
like Haiti. The Ghanaian coordinators; Faustina Ofori Armstrong and Lebene Adjoyi were in session for the donation as was emerging music act, Carl Clottey.
Corgie in the weeks ahead will release two new tunes whiles staging the Overflow Concert on June 2, 2019 at the Grace2Grace Centre in Maryland, USA.
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