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A GROUP DONATES TO KOME SCHOOLS

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A group of young men and women from the six communities in the Kome enclave (that is, Atito, Latame, Alakple, Fiaxor, Kodzi and Deta) on Friday, November 12, 2021 have donated some 121 Mathematical sets worth GHC800.00 to 120 final year students in the various junior high schools in Kome. Kome Citizens Association formed in the year 2020 purposely to champion developmental course for the Kome precinct, decided to help Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates with Mathematical Sets to enable them prepare well for the ongoing examination which started on Monday.  A section of BECE finalists at Atito Exams Centre Speaking to the Third Eye News Gh , Mr. Dagbui Gilbert Fiame, who is the interim president of the association said the kind  gesture was to equip the candidates before the examination.  "The group decided to support the candidates with the Mathematical Sets because they will need it when it is time for Mathematics and Basic Design and Technology (BDT) subjec

RESPONSE TO A VIDEO PORTRAYING TREE CUTING AND DEVASTATION IN THE KOME AREA OF ANLO

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  In the second week of November 2021, a video went viral giving the impression that the people of Alakple and Atito in the Kome area of Anlo have been destroying trees planted by government in our area. This video is coming at a time that the world is focused on climate change at the COP26 in Glasgow UK and where tree planting and forestation are key issues of the conference.  It is important to note that tree planting in the Kome area of Anlo started in about the year 2000, as a self help project and not by Government. This project was spearheaded by the NGO called RUSO formed by the former Member of Parliament Hon. Clement Kofi Humado and family at Alakple. A Cassia seedling nursery was established in his residence at Alakple and managed by a Peace Corps volunteer called Pamela. Volunteer youth from Alakple and Latame were recruited to plant seedlings in the Kome towns and along the main road from Alakple to Kome Junction. Later individuals came from surrounding communities of Kodzi