31/07/2017

MOTEC Project 9 Rolls Into Action

The class of 1983 of the University of Ghana Medical School Korle Bu in line with Motec Project 9 - ‘Diaspora's contribution to medical education through investment in human resources, provision of educational material and development of infrastructure’ - raised funds from members resident in UK in support of education. The doctors guided by senior members of Motec raised a substantial amount of funds to purchase computers for schools in the suburbs of Accra. The institutions included  St Mary’s Catholic Girls Basic School at Korle Gonno,  James Town Methodist Basic School, Korle Gonno Roman Catholic Boys School and Korle Gonno Methodist  ‘A’ Basic School. Pictures show the presentation of the computers to the Schools in Accra by representatives of the group.
 Sincere gratitude to the group especially the Motec members in helping support of schools around the teaching hospital in Accra. Bravo Christine and Sarah, executives of UGMS 83 and the class of 1983. Motec may approach the group to support the construction of a safe infrastructure for Abisim Nankese in the Eastern Region which is currently led by School and Health Foundation of Ireland.

27/07/2017

Village youth work together to prepare grounds for school building project
 at Nankese Abisim

21/07/2017

Stockwood Park Academy in Luton, donates to Motec

An amount of £310 has been donated by the Stockwood Park Academy  Luton to Motec.
The amount will be put into a fund to build a kindergarten at Nankese Abisim in Ghana to replace the
thatch structure the children are currently using.
Gratitude to the school children and the authorities. Pictures above show the main link teacher Alyson and other pupils/students of the academy. Motec Welfare Officer Mrs Linda Bigham represented Motec.

The school breaks for the summer today and it hoped that when it reopens in September Motec can formallymake a formal representation to express our profound gratitude and show the school what the money has been used for.
Motec is currently looking for a school(s) in UK to assist in fund raising to build Nankese Abisim L A Primary and Kindergarten School. The project is part of the School and Health Foundation of Ireland's collaborative efforts for Ghana.
Any contribution will count!

03/07/2017

Motec team learn at the special needs school

Motec team visited a special needs school, Zia Werhner School. The team had the opportunity to learn about the teaching and supportive system at the School which is based at Luton

03/07/2017

Breast work in Ghana June 2017

The team were fully engaged with the public and hospital activity. Among others, the team delivered the following:
Breast clinic at Akosombo and Accra; Breast awareness sessions at Yilo Krobo High School ( over 1,500 attendance; Public awareness lecture at Akosombo Apostolic Church; and Surgical work at Akosombo VRA Hospital.

Pictures show some of the activities by the team in Ghana.

Bravo Charles, Sanjay, Akosombo and all the institutions involved.
Next trip will be October.

02/07/2017

June 17th-25th 2017 working visit to Ghana

Mr Sanjay Baldota, breast surgeon was at Akosombo team this last month. He joined
Dr Charles Arhinful of Akosombo in running breast awareness programmes, breast screening and operating during the visit.

Mr Ofori-Atta was joined by residents from Korle Bu in surgeries at Koforidua.
20th June was his busiest day. 

In furtherance of the aims of Motec - School and Health Foundation (SHF) Mr Ofori-Atta held planned meetings in Ghana. He travelled from Accra to meet the Regional Directors of Health and Education at Koforidua, District Directors at the Municipal Assembly at Suhum and a considerable time at Nankese Abisim, a village about 18km North West of Koforidua, the Eastern Region capital. The final meeting took place at Nsawam at the Orthopaedic training centre where children and adults with disabilities are supported by the centre. 
The Motec - Schools and Health Foundation of Dublin aims at constructing a primary school at Nankese Abisim for the village which provides basic education for about six villages. 
The other is the construction of a special needs centre for children at Nsawam utilising and expanding the existing services there. Notably the Government of Ghana will play an active part in these facilities in order to sustain the projects such as provision of teachers at both facilities. The local community at Abisim will provide free support such as sand and manual labour for the construction of the school.

Motec has also been offered the opportunity by the Regional Director of Education to use a centre in the capital to run workshops to train teachers to identify children with special needs and to learn how they help to these children. It is a welcome move as Ghana has no training centres for teachers to look after children with special needs. 

A Motec team for children with special needs has been formed to support both projects and it will be led by Elaine. It is expected of the new team to link up schools in England and Ireland with the two centres. A fact finding and teaching visit to Ghana has been planned by the team has been planned for the latter part of the year.

Pictures from the June visit are as follows:

Mr Ofori-Atta meeting the chief of Nankese Abisim and the elders of the village;
Mr Ofori-Atta with the teaching staff of the kindergarten and primary school;
The kindergarten classroom;
Mr Ofori-Atta at the orthopaedic training centre at Nsawam with some of the management and the Member of Parliament for Nsawam honourable Annoh-Dompreh

Thank you for supporting the SHF - Motec collaboration

P. Ofori-Atta MB.ChB. FRCS
Orthopaedic Surgeon, West Herts NHS Trust, England