Afia Schwarzennegar donated 100 boxes of chalk to the Kukurantumi Presby Primary School in the Eastern Region on Friday.
Sister Afia headed to the school which has been making headlines after they had their request for chalks turned down by the Second Lady Matilda Amissah-Arthur, who visited them on Tuesday.
The Headmistress of Kukurantumi Presby Primary School, Mrs. Juliet Oppong, while thanking the Second Lady for the presentation of five set of computers to the school, appealed to her to communicate to government to provide some basic materials such as log books for teachers and chalk which were in short supply in the school.
Mrs Amissah-Arthur in response said “The Head teacher has shocked me…she said you lack chalk and log books…I am very shocked that you are today asking me about chalk…how much is a box of chalk…I won’t give you chalk today, I won’t give you chalk tomorrow.”
“Design a database of old students of the school and together with the PTA and teachers, provide your own chalk. The government has ‘spoilt’ Ghanaians by providing for even basic needs and that has led to parents becoming reluctant to acquire school uniforms for their wards and are instead relying on the free school uniforms by government… I will even feel shy to go to Accra and call on the government to come and provide chalk…it would be very difficult for me to do so” she added.
Sister Afia said the donation was her own way of responding to the call the school made to madam Amissah-Arthur. She was accompanied by a team from the Kasapa newsroom as well as her producer, Ben Duker.
