Akwaaba Esaase

A range of different projects have been realised since the summer of 2005.

• In December 2005 a medical centre was constructed. This enables children from the school and local village to benefit from a first aid infrastructure and the necessary equipment. Furthermore, a doctor from a neighbouring village visits the school on a regular basis.

• The construction of four new classrooms, begun in June 2005, was completed in March 2006. Benches and tables were also installed for the primary school classes.

• In January 2006 the volunteers’ building was completed
• A library housing English language books has also been constructed.

• Between February and March 2006 the water supply infrastructure to the school was improved, meaning that the school now has access to running water. Water from underground springs is fed into the nearby reservoir using an electric pump.

• A generator was bought to supply the school with electricity.

• In November 2006 a cocoa plantation was bought and a young crop planted to help the school become more financially independent.

• Between May and June 2006 the Information Technology room was fitted with a ceiling equipped with fans and a more modern electrical system.

• The construction of dormitories for the school’s orphans and resident pupils, begun in June 2006, was completed in the summer of 2007. The dormitories are now equipped with mosquito nets and fans.

• The sanitation infrastructure in the school has improved. A shower block comprising 12 showers and toilets was completed in January 2008. This project is partly sponsored by two foundations based in the Swiss village of Neuchâtel and Couvet and by an Australian organisation.

• In July 2008 a container with beds, clothes, games, school material, medicaments…arrived at the school “ESCO”.

• A kitchen has been built in July 2008.  Additionally some benches, 200 silver plates, 2 pots and a kitchen cabinet have been donated by the fondation Elysium.

• In october 2009, new shelves for the library and a cupboard for each classroom have been built. A part of the materials from the container are placed in theses shelves.

• Two new schoolbus has been bought last summer 2008 and in april 2009. The first has been acquired to replace the old damaged one. Additionally as the school as grown from 400 students to 520 students the second schoolbus discharge the first one by driving half of the students savely and by time to school.

• In February 2010, new school books have been bought with the money of the calendar sale. The books are for the primary classes and the junior secondary school. Thanks a lot to all the people who bought a calendar and/or helped to sell them.