The Dormaa North District of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, working with the West Bono Presbytery, has built and handed over a new kindergarten block to residents of Asensu Dwen, a farming community in the Dormaa Central Municipality of the Bono Region.
The facility aims to ease longstanding educational barriers for local children. Many previously walked one to two hours each way to attend school in Asensu No. 1. Community members said the distance led some pupils to drop out and join their parents on farms instead.
Dormaa Central Municipal Chief Executive Dominic Adoma Ameyaw and officials from the Municipal Education Directorate joined residents and church leaders at the commissioning and handover ceremony.
Rev. Dr. Isaac Appiah Offei, minister of the Dormaa North District and general manager of the Dormaa Ahenkro Presbyterian Hospital, initiated the project after identifying the community’s educational needs.
He said proceeds from his book launch funded the early stages. His wife encouraged him to build a full school block rather than the pavilion he first planned.
Additional support came from other churches and the Presbyterian Church of Ghana. An individual identified as Sister Akua donated classroom furniture. Appiah Offei thanked all contributors, saying the new block would offer children a better learning environment.
Ameyaw praised the church’s initiative. He noted that the Municipal Assembly had earlier reshaped the road from Dormaa Ahenkro to Asensu Dwen, improving access for people and construction materials.
The improved road also helped the Volta River Authority-Northern Electricity Distribution Company deliver a transformer that had been delayed by poor road conditions.
The assembly has drilled a water facility for the community and plans to mechanize it within six weeks, Ameyaw said.
Rev. Isaac Amankwaa Ampoma, chairperson of the West Bono Presbytery, urged the Dikro of Dwen and local opinion leaders to maintain the building. He called on traditional authorities and residents to keep the grounds weeded and clean to support teaching and learning.
Ampoma said the church holds high hopes for the community’s growth and expects the school to expand as needs increase. He asked residents to support traditional and church leaders in sustaining the facility and upholding proper sanitation.
