A really important part of the Futurestars project is the refurbishment of the partner schools in Tema, undertaken by founding donor Yinson Production WA.
When we first visited the schools back in 2015 and talked to the head teachers and Ghana Education Authority about providing regular PE and sports coaching, it quickly became clear that the environment the children were learning in needed assistance too. Yinson took this on and committed to upgrade all five schools in the coming years. The work was split into three categories
Hazardous & critical – work that needed to be done immediately to make the schools safe, such as broken and unsafe roofing.
Repairing & upgrading – anything from repairing leaks, filling cracks, replacing doors and windows to upgrading all the sanitary and toilet blocks as well as the sewerage systems.
By the end of 2018, after much hard work, these first two categories are now completed and work has started on the last category Decorating, painting, fencing (to make the schools secure) and the construction of canteens to give the staff and children somewhere to eat & drink.
Some painting has already begun and during the first half of 2019 Yinson have plans to build canteens for both Republic Road and Community 7 schools. We can’t wait to see the results!
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- Roof before
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- Roof after
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- Toilet block – before
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- Toilet block – after
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- Classroom before
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- Classroom at Baatsona after painting
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- Floor plan – new canteen
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- Visualisation – new canteen