The Graduate Students Association of Ghana – USA has launched an endowment fund to support members of the association.
The Dr Juliet Ohemeng-Ntiamoah and the Prof Yaw Yeboah Endowment fund is a novel initiative of the current executive administration aimed at providing financial support to facilitate and enhance activities of the association.
In his address, president of the association, Mr Aquah Sam indicated that with the exponential increase in membership, it has become imperative to devise means of raising funds to support the association’s growth and support members in diverse ways that may be needed.
He was optimistic that the endowment fund when operationalized would alleviate the current financial burden that rests on the shoulders of most members and thus appealed to the public to graciously donate to it.
Chairman of the occasion, Dr Michael Boakye-Yiadom who is the Director General of the UNESCO Category II Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA) expressed his excitement over the initiative and touted it as a laudable idea worthy of emulation saying, “This is a shining example for others to follow.”
According to him, this project will empower the many Ghanaian students who travel to the US to study to excel.
On his part, the Deputy Minister of Education Rev Ntim Fodjour who represented the Minister of Education, described the fund as “historic” and a step in the right direction.
According to him, the initiative “will provide a sense of community and also provide a unique platform where Ghanaians studying in the US can receive the needed support.”
Commending the current administration for the initiative, Rev Ntim Fodjour expressed the Ministry of Education’s readiness to offer any form of support to ensure that the endowment fund thrives to serve the purpose for which it was established.
Prof Yaw Yeboah, a patron of the association and one of the individuals in whose honour the endowment fund was named, charged the association to “manage the fund wisely and make sure it is invested to grow” adding that “all effort should be made to help put the endowment fund into perpetuity.”
He, however, thanked the administration for bestowing on him such an outstanding recognition of naming the fund after him.
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Source: Kojo Dei/ATLFMNEWS
