Ho West: Assembly relocates schoolchildren who were stranded over floods

School children from Dakekope and Andokope were forced to virtually swim through the floods to the only community school at Bokorvikope for some time now.

School children who were stranded in some farming communities in the Ho West District of the Volta region, following the flooding of the access route to the communities, have been evacuated by the Assembly.

Recent heavy downpour in the Bokorvikope, Andokope and Dakekope communities have caused a nearby river, Tsawe, to overrun its banks and submerged the only access route connecting the communities.

School children from Dakekope and Andokope were forced to virtually swim through the floods to the only community school at Bokorvikope in the past weeks following the rains.

 

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The Ho West District Assembly has since intervened to relocate the affected children to the school community, for the rest of the academic term.

During an assessment tour of the area, Mr. Ernest Victor Apau, DCE for the area told Accra-based Starr FM that the move is a temporary one to keep the children in school while the Assembly finds a permanent solution to the perennial flooding in the area.

“We arranged with the elderly men to help us evacuate the children from the other side of the river to Bokorvikope and as at now, they have successfully evacuated majority of the students. We’re in partnership with NADMO [National Disaster Management Organization] and philanthropists to be able to support them till the academic term elapses,” he said.

“We’re also here with the engineers from Feeder roads to assess the possibility of constructing a proper bridge across the river; even if not a drive way bridge, a footbridge to solve the problem permanently,” he added.

School children from Dakekope and Andokope were forced to virtually swim through the floods to the only community school at Bokorvikope for some time now. Read Full Story