Newmont’s development foundation in Ahafo has constructed a three-storey multi-purpose E-block at the Yamfo College of Health, in Yamfo, one of Newmont’s ten host communities in the Ahafo region. The facility, which cost GHS2.7 Million, is equipped with six fully furnished 80-seater lecture halls, twelve offices, a staff common room, a computer laboratory, a library, two demonstration laboratories, 24 washrooms and a storeroom.
The project is expected to enhance the school’s infrastructure and address the broader educational needs of Newmont’s host communities and surrounding communities in the Tano North municipality and beyond.
Newmont’s foundation in Ahafo, established in May 2008, is the vehicle driving sustainable development in its ten host communities. The foundation has, over the years, supported the infrastructure development of the Yamfo College of Health since its inception in 2015 under the initiative of the Omanhene Nana Ansah Adu-Baah II and the people of Yamfo. The Newmont Ahafo Development’s Foundation (NADeF)’s maiden project on the school’s campus was the provision of the school’s administration block which was initially a community library. This was followed by the construction of an assembly hall, a mechanized borehole and now a three-storey multi-purpose block.
Speaking at the handing over ceremony at the Yamfo College of Health, the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the foundation, Professor Yaw Ofosu Kusi said Newmont’s foundation recognizes the transformative power of education, this is why human resource development takes up the largest allocation of the foundations support to Newmont’s host communities.
’This project is a demonstration of the foundation’s efforts in advancing infrastructural development and social amenities provision across our communities. This effort translates into the provision of scholarships, equipping educational facilities, and the construction of educational infrastructure.’
The Social Responsibility Manager, Marfo Oduro Kwarteng said Newmont believes in the impact that health education can have on the overall quality of healthcare in Newmont’s host communities and this belief is in line with its the foundation’s mission to drive sustainable growth in the communities where it operates. He called on all stakeholders to collaborate in nurturing the college of nursing, so it becomes a beacon of excellence.
Other projects funded by the foundation in Yamfo include the construction of a general recovery ward for the Yamfo health center, the construction of a two-unit nurse’s quarters, the construction of a 12-seater WC toilet facility and the provision of scholarships worth GHC2.9 million to local students.
