ACCRA based sports and culture organisation, Street Academy, marked Boxing Day (December 26) with a presentation of sewing machines to former students of the academy to help them acquire employable skills and become productive society.
The beneficiaries were Mary Morkor Adams, Abigail Adjetey, Rose Okai, Lawrence Larkai, and Ophelia Amenyo.
The Member of Parliament for the Odododiodio Constituency, Mr Alfred Nii Kotey Ashie, who graced the ceremony, described the beneficiaries as the heartbeat of the country. He cited former Bantamweight boxing champion, Joseph Agbeko, as an example of a successful product of the Street Academy that nurtures street children in sports, culture and other activities.
Mr Kotey Ashie assured the Academy of his continued collaboration, urging the beneficiaries to take full advantage of the opportunities given them. “We are here to empower some of you to learn and work, to serve as garment makers, fashion designers, and clothing and textile engineers,” he noted.
Ataa Lartey, the Executive Director of the Street Academy, said the initiative was to ensure that children who passed through the Academy became assets, and not liabilities, to the nation. He underlined that children who dropped out of formal education were encouraged to learn a trade, stressing that after acquiring skills, they needed tools to enable them to work and earn a living.
Moreover, Mr Lartey indicated that the five sewing machines were mobilised from friends of the Academy and added that the gesture was the fifth of its support programme. He then appealed to benevolent individuals and organisations to support the Academy’s call for an astro turf for the children, expressing hope that the project would be realised before March 2026.
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