Ghanaian Headteacher in Eastern Region Refurbishes School with Monthly Salary

• The headteacher of Kwasi Nyarko Presbyterian Primary School in the Eastern Region has renovated his school with his monthly salary
• Richard Boakye Marfo painted the school building and fixed its shabby gate with his resources to give it a facelift
• He has appealed for desks and a computer lab for the pupils to enhance effective teaching and learning

The headteacher of Kwasi Nyarko Presbyterian Primary School, Richard Boakye Marfo, has used his monthly salary to paint his school building to give it a facelift.

The school, located in Upper West Akim District in the Eastern Region, competes with Preparatory Schools in the community.

Marfo told GBC News that he embarked on the exercise to make the school attractive to the pupils and increase enrolment.

It would be the second time the kind Ghanaian educator has performed the gesture with his resources since he took over as the headteacher in 2019. He said that the Ghana Education Service, GES is not aware of his initiative.

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Marfo disclosed that the entire exercise, including fixing the gate and painting the school twice, cost him about GHc14,000.

He urged the government, philanthropists, benevolent organisations, and individuals to come to their aid and provide them with desks.

He also appealed for a computer lab for the pupils to enhance effective teaching and learning.

Honest Ghanaian Taxi Driver Returns GHc4K, Other Items to Director at GBC

In more stories, YEN.com.gh earlier reported that a kind-hearted Ghanaian taxi driver, Samuel Gyamfi, has returned a sum of GHc4,000 and confidential documents to a passenger after the person left them in his vehicle.

GBC News reports that the Director of Legal Services at the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, GBC, Kwame Waja, left the items in Gyamfi's vehicle.

Gyamfi, who balances his work with his studies at a training college, drove back to Kasoa from Achimota overhead in Accra to hand over the money and documents to Waja.

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Homeless Man Returns Wallet to Owner

YEN.com.gh previously reported that a homeless man, Sean Currey, never knew his life would change when he returned the wallet of a grandmother he found when he was searching for food in the trash. The wallet full of cash also contained some credit cards.

The owner was identified as Evelyn Topper, an 80-year-old woman living in California, Understanding Compassion reports.

Evelyn said she had searched everywhere for it, not knowing that she dropped it while taking her 12-year-old granddaughter to school.

Despite being hungry and without shelter, Sean returned the wallet. In reaction, Evelyn said that anybody in Sean’s position would use the money to better their life.

Source: YEN.com.gh