Klicks Africa Foundation, an organisation that supports teens and youth on the Autism Spectrum has donated GHS100,000 to Madam Mary Yawo Grunitzky, a 75-year-old Special needs mother. Madam Mary Grunitzky, a widow and a single mother, has a 44-year-old son with cerebral palsy and has engaged in all kinds of jobs in addition to solely taking care of his son to be able to survive daily. Mrs Mary Amoh Kufuor, Founder and Executive Director of Klicks Africa Foundation who made the presentation to Madam Grunitzky said she was tagged on Facebook by the Special Mothers Project, an advocacy programme for families of children with cerebral palsy with Madam Grunitzky's story. She said she was touched by the plight of the aged woman knowing how difficult it was to nurture a child with disability and thus decided to raise funds to support the woman. 'The woman is old and needs support, she cannot do much to support herself,' she told the Ghana News Agency. Mrs Kuffuor expressed gratitude to her Facebook followers f or believing in her and supporting her to support the aged special needs Mom. Madam Grunitzky who was visibly surprised by the donation, could only utter 'God bless all who donated to me abundantly.' Mr Agbeko Awadzi, co-founder of the Special Mothers Project, also expressing gratitude to the donors, said Madam Grunitzky reached out to the Special Mothers Project calling for help. 'The Special Mothers Project took to social media to share the story of Madam Grunitzky and the results has been positive.' He expressed special thanks to Mrs Kuffuor for taking the issue up. Source: Ghana News Agency The Finance and Budget Committee of the Assembly of the People's Representatives (ARP) held a hearing on Wednesday in the presence of the Minister of Education, Mohamed Ali Boughdiri. The session focused on a bill to approve a financing agreement signed on July 10, 2023 between Tunisia and the European Investment Bank (EIB) to contribute to the financing of the schools modernisation programme. This financing is part of the state's efforts to provide financial resources for the development of the education sector, the minister was quoted as saying in a parliamentary press release. He noted that this new funding would streamline the schools modernisation programme and cooperation with the EIB. Boughdiri pointed out that the promotion of the education sector through the rehabilitation of school infrastructure and teaching requires the involvement of all stakeholders in the sector. He underlined that the schools modernisation project is part of a national programme based on the principles of positive discri mination between regions. A representative of the Ministry of Education also gave an overview of the two phases of the School Modernisation Programme. He noted that this programme will result in the establishment of 80 new primary schools, the development and rehabilitation of priority primary schools, the purchase of computer equipment and 75 school buses. Technical assistance will be provided to monitor project studies under this programme, he added. At the end of the deliberations, the Committee decided to hear from the representative of the Ministry of Economy and Planning for more details on the financial conditions and interest rates of this loan. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse