Belle District, Gbarpolu – Students at the government-run Fomba Public Elementary and Junior High School in Belle district are troubled by the lack of safe drinking water and the deplorable state of classrooms.
They are frustrated that the school, which is the second most populated in the district, has no access to safe drinking water.
“I am kindly asking the government to help us get water in our school”.
Another female student, Iran K. Zaza of the 9th grade is worried about the deplorable condition of the classrooms.
“This building our lawmaker built for us is only used by the junior high classes,” she said of a four-classroom building constructed under the Legislative Support Project (LSP) fund.
“Our people started this school building for us.
“Our little brothers and sisters are suffering too; they walk long distances just to come to learn,” student Zaza stressed.
He works along with 14 teachers and five volunteers, who are heavily supported by the PTA.
“It’s regrettable to say that they too have a limitation, if they had the resource and know-how, by now, that their PTA project is finished, hand pump was not going to be a problem.” Meanwhile, John Bellah, town Chief of Fassama and a member of the PTA, says he’s aware of the many challenges facing the school.
“I just hope that something good will happen in our children favor during this Pro-poor government,” added James Seekay a resident of Fassama Town, Belle District.