By Raymond Rex Awiagah
The Story
The Interact Club of St. Thomas Aquinas Senior High School has donated essential health and hygiene products to the Osu Children’s Home in Accra. This gesture is part of a project themed “Promoting Good Child Health, Maintaining Good Sanitation for a Healthier Tomorrow.”
The initiative, which aims to improve the well-being of underprivileged children and promote good hygiene practices, was supported by the Rotary Club of Accra East.
The Rationale
The donation follows the school’s victory in the recently concluded Service-Learning Challenge, an Interact-led competition designed to nurture leadership skills, civic responsibility, and community service among young people. As winners, the Interact Club of St. Thomas Aquinas SHS received funds, which they chose to reinvest into society by embarking on projects that promote child welfare and sanitation.
Beyond Donating to Osu Children’s Home
In addition to the donation to the Osu Children’s Home, the club also utilized part of the winning amount to renovate the school’s trash cans, reinforcing their commitment to improving sanitation within their own learning environment.
Point of view of President of Interact Club of St. Thomas Aquinas Senior High School
The president of the Interact Club of St. Thomas Aquinas Senior High School, Ezekiel Okumko explained the rationale for the initiative.
“We are the Interact Club of St. Thomas Aquinas Senior High School, and we are embarking on a project titled promoting good child health and ensuring or maintaining a good sanitation for a healthier tomorrow.”
He added that “We were able to win the Just Ended Service-Learning Challenge, which is an entire challenge to help young people develop their leadership skills and embark on projects that will impact their communities and schools. And we won a whopping GHS 5,000 “.
Interact Club of St. Thomas Aquinas Senior High School outlines the next move
Going forward, the Interact Club of St. Thomas Aquinas Senior High School, Ezekiel Okumko said the club will continue to undertake more projects. “we should be expecting more from the Interact Club of St. Thomas Senior High School. We are going to embark on more projects that are going to impact our communities and schools, especially projects that fall under the areas of focus of the Rotary International”.
Receiving Commendation
The President of the Rotary Club of Accra East Rotarian Dorothy Ametefe commended the students for demonstrating true leadership and social responsibility.
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“According to her, Interact Clubs are youth service club with virtue, and it’s been designed in such a way that it encourages young people to develop their leadership qualities, understand the values of service, and also to make impact whether in their schools or communities, specifically for people within the ages of 12 to 18 years.
The desire to make a change in society
“Now with what we’ve seen today with our Interact Club of St. Thomas Aquinas, we are very confident that the future is bright in the sense that when we look at them, they’re a young generation now. Tomorrow, they’ll become the generation of the day. And when you have young people starting out doing philanthropic work and having the desire to make a change in their societies, then we know that in the future or when the future comes, they are going to be the ones to lead the change”.
The Appreciation from Osu Children’s Home management
The Osu Children’s Home management also lauded the club for their generous gesture, emphasizing the importance of partnerships and youth-driven initiatives in addressing the needs of vulnerable children.
The project aligns with Rotary International’s broader mission of service above self, inspiring young people to lead impactful projects in their communities.