MTN Ghana to drill boreholes and constructs digital workshops for selected Senior High Schools (SHS) across the 16 regions in Ghana.

Mr. Adotey Mingle, General Manager in-charge of Northern Business Sector of MTN disclosed this at the launching of MTN Ghana’s 30 Days of Y’ello Care and call on volunteers to help promote education in rural and remote areas in the country.

Mr Adotey stated that the initiative is an annual staff volunteer programme instituted 17 years ago to allow MTN staff across the 19 countries in Africa to volunteer their skills and services to the benefit these communities by providing identified community improvement projects.

He noted that the initiative is a course close to their hearts the staff and one that the MTN Ghana Foundation is dedicated to delivering.

According to him, they are delighted to be able to extend their support to the remote areas through their unique and innovative community improvement programmes.

Mr Adotey added that this year’s campaign coincided with the 30th anniversary celebration of MTN, hence the theme “30 Days of Y’ello Care.

He said the campaign will be running from June 1st to June 30th, 2024, on the theme: “Education for Rural and Remote Communities, Learn Today, Lead Tomorrow.”

He said the theme emphasizes the important role education plays in transforming our communities, strengthening socio-economic growth, prosperity and preparing our youth with the necessary knowledge, skills, and resources for the future.

According to him, they at MTN believe that the 2024 edition of 30 Days of Y’ello Care campaign will significantly impact the communities they serve, help bridge some of the educational gaps and barriers faced in the rural communities, and ultimately help shape an equitable digital future for the country.

He stated that, they poised to help create the change they want to see in Ghana and across Africa, and through 30Days of Y’ello Care will help and also expand education systems with more infrastructure by providing resources and materials for teachers to succeed in the classroom.

He said they would help equip deprived schools with digital tools to bridge the digital divide and improve educational outcomes, empower learners with sustainable initiatives that encourage them to stay in school and build valuable skills.

The General Manager indicated that, given their 30th anniversary and 30 Days of Y’ello Care, MTN Ghana volunteers will drill boreholes in Senior High Schools in a project dubbed Quench and Connect for their main Campaign.

The boreholes he said will be drilled in selected schools across the 16 regions facing water crises, and expressed the hope that providing these boreholes will alleviate the burden on the beneficiary schools and allow students to focus on their studies.

He re-emphasize initiatives will also include ICT-enabled programmes to enhance education, the establishment of gardens to support school feeding programmes and the organization of digital literacy workshops to teach crucial digital skills to students and teachers.

Mr Adotey is of the view that,through these projects, they hope to improve the quality of teaching and learning in our schools.He stated that, the interesting thing about Yello care is that, it has what he described as a “competition for good” element in it so the winning country among 19 countries gets a cool $100,000.

He said MTN Ghana, having previously won the Y’ello Care Challenge in 2010 and 2011, is well-positioned to win the challenge for the third time as they celebrate MTN’s 30th anniversary.

He express gratitude to all MTN employees for their contributions to the success of Y’ello Care over the years, says without them there would not be initiative, the reason he encourage every single MTNer in Ghana to participate, as he is fully support the programme and urge them to join fully.

He urged them all to go out and volunteer as they promote education for rural and remote communities.

From Ernest Best Anane, Kumasi