To build new class rooms

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About Me

My name is Effah Poku reginald.I come from Berekum . I had my Basic Education at the ALL FOR CHRIST Junior High School in Berekum in the Brong Ahafo Region and i furthered at the Berekum Senior High School.
I persued a Diploma in Education at the University Of Winneba by distance after a successful completion of a Teacher’s Certificate ‘n’ at the Berekum College of Education. I am currently pursuing a degree in English Education at the Valley View University. I am in a family of four and the first born of my parents.
I teach at Methodist Junior High School at Berekum and own a private school along side. My hobbies are reading novels, studying and watching football matches.

My Business

I started my private school with name Glory PREPARATORY SCHOOL in the year 2008 at my own compound. I started my school upon my posting to the community as a teacher. Jamdede is a farming community and education seems to have been given little attention. The only school in the vicinity was about eight kilometers from my village. Most of the pupils stuck to their parents to the farm. I thought of how to bring these poor children to the light of “education”.
I found out that there were about three other villages around which had a similar problem. I noticed that my village was located geographically at the center of these villages and therefore took the advantage to establish the school in my compound. I started the school with ten students but the number grew to twenty-four at the end of that academic year.
Currently, I have 204 students that is from the kindergaten to primary 6. I have been able to employ ten teachers and two non – teaching staff. My school is highly patronized mostly due to my terms of paying of school fees which is by installment. Parents are allowed to pay their wards fees on installment which is spread across each academic term.
I have also included weekend school which allows parents to bring in their wards to be able to attend social functions during the weekend.
Although my school is fast growing there are many challenges which needs to be met. Most of my classrooms are in temporal wooden structures. The school activities has to come a halt whenever it rains.The school currently runs from kindergarten to primary six but we lack teaching and learning materials recommended by Ghana Education Service.Such as text books,recreational field,place of convenience,and computers for ICT lessons.I wish to apply to Zidisha to come to my aid to help improve the structure and materials to be able to retain the children and also to meet the recommendations of Ghana Education Service. I will need about $2000.00 to undertake this project.Should I be given this loan facility, I will be able to repay under any terms and conditions given. The school is highly patronized and parents pay their wards fees regularly.
I will be able to repay the loan from the income I generate from the payment of fees.Thank you.

Loan Proposal

I will use the requested amount to buy bags of cement for the school building. One bag of cement costs $10.I was be able to use the first loan to buy 5 bags of cement.I will need about 250 bags to help build 4 new classrooms for my primary three ,four, five and the primary six classroom for the current class five students who will be in class six come September this year.i will try and get some of the needed teaching and learning materials with part of the amount. This will help raise shelter and effective learning for my students who currently do not have conducive place for learning.

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