BEREKUM GIRLS CELEBRATES GIRLS DAY

BEREKUM GIRLS CELEBRATE'S WORLD INTERNATIONAL GIRLS DAY

The world is today 11th October, 2018 celebrating World International Girls Day, which the Girl Child Coordinator in the Berekum Municipality of the Brong Ahafo Region, Madam Augusta Amponsa has advised the girls in Berekum to abstain themselves from teenage pregnancy which is the only stumble block to their education. She said in the past months some of the girls have indulged themselves in teenage pregnancy and according to her teenage pregnancy has been in ascendance in the Municipality, and called on parents to monitor and assist their girl child in terms of financial difficulties which will not led them into peer pressure which the results will be teenage pregnancy.
She urged the girls especially those in schools to marry their books to achieve the higher height in life.
She said as a Coordinator together with her two facilitators which are Madam Anita Konama and Madam Deborah Antwiwaa Benneh, Berekum Education Directorate and the Berekum Municipal Assembly, they are doing all their best to train the girls to acquire skills that will fetch them income so that they will not depend on anybody.
Madam Augusta advised the girls that non of them should rely on any man or boy for a financial support which will hurt and ruin their life in future. She begged on the boys to also not to lead the girls astray to destroy their lives especially on their education.
She appealed for an assistant to support the girls in Berekum so that the girls will have access to mechanisms that will develop them for their future.

The Berekum Municipal Girl Child team paid a courtesy call to the newly enstooled Omanhemaa of Berekum Traditional Area, Nana Kosua Ameyaahene III about today being marked as the world international girls day which Nana Kosua Ameyaahene III also advised the girls to always listen to their parents advise by obeying to their instructions.
She advised the girls not to be addicted to watching television but education should be their priority and be proud that they are girls whom God has created to bring glory to their parents and country.

Story by Opamago Paparichy

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