By: Afua Serwaa Boateng (MTN Corporate Communications )
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| Some participants at a workshop |
MTN Ghana, the leading telecommunications
company in Ghana officially closed its annual 21 days of Y’ello Care at a colorful
ceremony held at Labone Senior High School last Thursday.
MTN Staff Volunteers engaged Business
Students of Labone SHSin a forum where they shared insights on the benefits of
savings and investments. Students at the forum were encouraged to adopt the
principle of savings and investments early to guard their future. Taxation and
how the tax system works in Ghana was also discussed.
Participants expressed their appreciation
to MTN for making practical some of the theories they are currently learning in
school.
Earlier in the week, MTN staff Volunteers
engaged a number of institutions including the GIMPA business school. The General
Manager for MTN Business Mr. Eric Nsarkoh, led discussion on “how Small-Scale and
Medium-Scale Enterprises (SMEs) can be transformed in a technological Era”
Another
session was also organized for Educational Accountants in Accra on how they
could adopt the Mobile Money bill payment system to facilitate the payment of
school fees by students in their various institutions.
Female managers at MTN also hosted a number
of female students from selected Senior High Schools and tertiary institutions
at a career fair held at its headquarters at Ridge in Accra. Depending on their areas of interest, these
young female students were assigned to mentors where they had the opportunity to
work with them for a day. The program
was under the theme: “Girl Child
Initiative & Career Fair”.
Speaking at the closing ceremony, Mr.
Richard Acheampong, General Manager Marketing Services said, “I am happy that
through 21 Days of Y’ello Care MTN Ghana has engaged with a great number of
stakeholders on various topics”
“For us at MTN, education is key to the
development of this country that is why we have committed our resources to
transfer skills, share knowledge and build
capacity among various stakeholder groups across the country” he added.
Mr. Acheampong also used the occasion to
appreciate various stakeholders who supported Y’ello Care activities with their
time and resources. He urged all MTN staff to continue in their efforts to
impact their communities with the knowledge they have acquired through
education to support the development of the country.
The 21 Days of Y’ello Care is an annual
community enhancement programme which enables MTN staff across all 22 operating
countries to set aside 21 days in the month of June from (1st – 21st)
to volunteer and undertake community upliftment projects in the communities in
which it operates.
The Global theme for this year is
“Investing in Education”, and the sub theme for Ghana is “Education – A Tool for Development”.
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