McDan Foundation donates exercise books to Ada communities


McDan Foundation (MDF), an NGO established by the Chairman of McDan Group of Companies, Dr. Daniel McKorley has partnered with the Divisional Queen Mother for Adibiawe clan, Naana Adiki Adi I of Ada, in the eastern part of Greater Accra Region to donate 15,000 branded exercise books to seven communities in Ada.
Over 5,000 pupils from Amlakpo Basic School, Kopehame Basic School, Kadjanya Basic School, Lufanya Basic School, Togbloku Methodist School, Kawunor D/A Basic School, and Alokpem Basic school received the books.
The donation, which has been ongoing since 2017, forms part of the MDF mission of supporting quality education for the youth especially in the rural communities.
Frank Ofosu Oduro, the coordinator of the MDF, making the presentation on behalf of Dr. Daniel McKorley, encouraged the youth to take their education very seriously so they can take advantage of the various opportunities ahead of them. He also expressed the foundation’s appreciation to the Queen Mother of Ada, Naana Adiki Adi I for the noble initiative of improving the standard of education within Ada.
The Chairman of the McDan Foundation, Dr. Dan McKorley pledged to build a six-unit classroom block with modern facilities at Nuhalenya in the Ada West district.
The Queen Mother expressed her profound appreciation to the MDF for the tremendous support to the People of Ada and also reiterated the importance of education to the Students and advised them to shun social vices like drug abuse and premarital sex.
The Ada East DCE, Sarah Dugbakie Pobie, assured the students and teachers of government's determination to expand education infrastructure and urged the people to study hard to benefit from the free SHS. 
Accompanying the donation team were the District Director of Education, Ernestina Nyarko and Kelvin Atuguba of the MDF. The branded exercise books contained edu-information on drug abuse and menstruation for the pupils.


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