F3B donates computers to selected schools in Kumasi

Kumasi, July 22, GNA- A group of young African-American Women called F3B, has donated 20 computers worth 20,000 dollars to students and two participating schools in its Scholar Athlete Programme (SAP). The F3B Programme is an initiative of women who have different professional backgrounds and are basketball players. They aim at using basketball as a means of fostering closer relationships between young girls in Ghana and their counterparts in the USA.

They also aim at developing the skills of the young women in Ghana and expose them to different opportunities that exist for them in future. Girls who excel in basketball playing are selected for exchange programmes in the USA. Students from Saint Louis and Yaa Asantewaah Girls Secondary Schools benefited from the programme last year. This year, 20 girls from Kumasi Academy and Kumasi Girls Secondary schools are participating in the programme.

Presenting the computers to the participating schools on behalf of the group, Mr Maxwell Kofi Jumah, Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), said the programme, which began last year, would help unearth talents in basketball among young girls in the country. He said three girls who excelled last year undertook a weeklong exchange programme in Rutgers University and were also exposed to African and African-American women leaders in technology at Lucent. Mr Jumah said the women had also presented school uniforms, sandals, bags and other teaching and learning materials to the participating students and schools. ''The assembly has included in its budget for this year funds to set up sports and recreational centres in the metropolis'', he said. Mrs Theresa Akua Baah, Headmistress of Kumasi Girls Secondary School, on behalf of the beneficiary schools, thanked the KMA boss for his initiative that had helped the students and participating schools.