Refurbishing of the School Library at African Methodist Episcopal Zion School - Kweikuma in the Western Region.

On the 14th of June 2017, the Staff of MTN in Takoradi embarked on a journey to Kweikuma, a town close to Fijai in the Western Region. As the 21 Days of Y’ello Care themed ‘’Investing in Education for All’’ the school was selected as a beneficiary to have a new library even though they had intentions of building a library for the school but didn’t have the resources according to the Head Teacher of the school.

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