ExGlo to the rescue of the needy
Last Thursday, Gospel singer, Wegeiwor, outdoored her ExGlo Foundation which seeks to address educational and health challenges in deprived communities in four regions across Ghana at the British Council.
The regions which will benefit from the activities of ExGlo Foundation are Northern, Upper East, Upper West and Central.
Speaking at the launch, Wegeiwor who is also a lecturer at the University of Ghana, Legon, said ExGlo Foundation would partner stakeholders to enhance the welfare of such deprived communities through the provision of quality education, healthcare, and livelihood projects.
The Oh Jesus singer who is inspired by her personal struggles in her hometown Kayoro, a village in the Upper East Region, is of the view that education and good health are the most effective long term strategies for poverty alleviation and reduction.
According to Wegeiwor, she was heartbroken about what she saw at the first primary school she attended in Yapei in the Northern Region. Nothing had changed since she left the school more than three decades ago.
“I also visited Kayoro and observed that things have actually gotten worse as pupils hardly get even text books and pencils to write with in class”, she said.
According to Wegeiwor, a little intervention by well-meaning people could permanently transform the lives of children in the deprived communities nationwide, “and this is what the ExGlo Foundation is seeking to do.
The problem of poor education in the Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions, she said was known and health care provision is even worse. “A throw back to my days at Yapei, a fishing community in the Northern Region, through the very rocky paths I’ve trod to be here today, tells me how a little intervention by well-meaning people can permanently transform the life of an otherwise despondent girl like me to become a lecturer at Ghana’s premier university, the University of Ghana, Legon”, she added.
She encouraged institutions as well as individuals to support the foundation with educational materials to make a difference in the lives of many young people in communities in the foundation’s operational areas.
Professor Ernest Aryeetey, a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana who chaired the event, said volunteerism and charity work were some of the measures that contributed to the sustainable development of a nation.
He stressed the need for societal development of children in deprived communities if Ghana was to achieve its goal of poverty reduction and access to education for all.
The launch was graced by some politicians including Kwabena Agyapong, suspended Genereal Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Raymond Atuguba, radio and TV personality Abeiku Santana, investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni among others.
Gospel musicians Rev Mary Ghansah, Diana Hopeson among others were also there to support Wegeiwor.