la Palm Casino and Saigon Gaming centres give to New Horizon(31/7/09)

The New Horizon Special school has received building materials worth GH¢20,000 from the La Palm Casino and Saigon, two leading game centres in the country.
The items included 200m square tiles, eight units of enamel basins, packets of roofing sheets, 35 buckets of emulsion paints and wood for roofing.
Other items included, a photocopier , a quantity of fabrics for tie-dye,200 bags of cement and a table top fridge.
Presenting the items, the General Manager of the Casino, Mr Colin Parker, said the donation was to support the school’s classroom project.
He said it was also in line with the company’s social responsibility to the school and the community in which they operated.
Mr Parker said the proper integration of children into the society would help them enjoy life although they were deprived. Receiving the items, the Executive Director of the school, Mrs Salome Francois, expressed her profound gratitude to the two organisations for their kind gesture.
She said most children in the special schools needed much attention, care and love, and that society had the responsibility to help ensure their well-being.
“These kids have a right to live and be part of the society and with much love and care they can contribute to the development of this country,” she said.
A board member of the school, Ms Sylvia Francois, said the classroom project, which cost about $45,000 was expected to ease congestion in the school.
She said the building would consist of classrooms, physiotherapy centre and autism rooms to help manage the disabilities of the children.
“We are improving on our facilities here to help keep up with the modern technological facilities that are needed in the training and upbringing of the children,” she added.
Ms Francois said the school faced financial difficulties which had made it impossible to hire adequate teachers.
She, therefore, called on individuals and corporate institutions to emulate the example of the La Palm Casino, and come to their aid.
Ms Francois said the regular teachers were not interested in teaching the children with special needs, and appealed to the Ghana Education Service to train more teachers in that field.