Playhouse Foundation donates school furniture valued at over Le200 million to primary schools in Kono District
The Playhouse Foundation donated 600 sets of double school desks and benches to primary schools in Kono District from 13 – 17 June 2011 as part of its second phase of activities. This donation which was also funded by Tullow Oil Plc is valued at over Le 200 million. During this phase, the following schools benefitted from the donation:
UMC Koidu Burma, Mbane Chiefdom, Aladura Yegbeda, Nimikoro Chiefdom, RC Peya in Nimiyama Chiefdom, RC Koardu, Gbane Kandor Chiefdom, RC Fuidu Mongor, Soa Chiefdom, UMC Yekior, Fiama Chiefdom. and RC Girls, Gbense Chiefdom.
Donations of school furniture to UMC Gbesnedor and UMC Gbeaya in Sandor Chiefdom, Community School Gbangadu in Gbense Chiefdom, RC Seidu in Toli Chiefdom, RC Desembadu in Mafindor Chiefdom, RC Komba Yende in Lei Chiefdom and UMC Kangama in Gorama Kono Chiefdom will be presented to the schools in July 2011.
In January 2011, the Playhouse Foundation donated 500 sets of double school desks and benches to primary schools in Gbense, Tankoro, Kamara and Soa chiefdoms in Kono District.
The main objective of the school furniture project is to provide pupils in selected primary schools in the more remote chiefdoms in Kono District with comfortable seating because they find themselves at school for a minimum of six hours a day enduring very difficult conditions which could have a negative impact on their academic performance overall. Comfortable seating would motivate them to perform better at school, reduce the ailments and accidents from broken benches and allow them to concentrate better during school hours. Additionally, it will increase the moral of the pupils, in general.
The Co-directors of the Playhouse Foundation would like to thank Madam Finda Diana Konomanyi, Chairman of the Kono District Council who also happens to be their first cousin, the Council of Paramount Chiefs of Kono District, particularly Paramount Chief Emmanuel Torche Foryor III of Soa Chiefdom who accompanied Ms. Finda Koroma to all the 7 chiefdoms she visited during this phase and the Kono District Council for their continued support. The Co-Directors also owe a debt a gratitude to Mr. Mohammed Bangura, head of the ONS in Kono District, Reverend Father James Jamiru, Sister Bernadine, Mrs Bernadette Turay Principal, Koidu Girls Secondary School, Mr. T.M.T. Komba formerly Deputy Director of Education in Kono District and Mr. Clint Foday of the Ministry of Education in Kono District.
The Playhouse Foundation is a charitable organization that was established in 2009 by Mr. Abu Deedee Koroma and Ms. Finda Koroma in memory of their parents, the Late Abu Aiah Koroma Esq. and his wife, the Late Danké Evelyn Koroma. The focus of the foundation is on education and the main beneficiaries are children, the youth and the disadvantaged section of the population in Sierra Leone. The Playhouse Foundation is registered charity in Houston, Texas and in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Some members of its board include Mrs Miriam Conteh-Morgan, Mrs Jeanne Kamara, Dr. Mamadi Demby, Mrs Valerie Gilpin, Mr. Ibrahim Othame Kabia, Ms. Clementine Nkweta, Ms. Finda Koroma and Mr. Abu Deedee Koroma.
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