Imagine having to build your community school for your ward to attend, a basic amenity that the government must provide. 

This is the plight of residents at Krachikrom in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti region. 

Members of the community set aside a day to have communal labour to patch the bamboo framework of classroom structures with mud. 

Krachikrom D/A Basic school, established in 2002, has since been the only basic educational facility for people in their formative years in the community. 

For the past 20 years, the school has struggled with infrastructural developments and study items for effective teaching and learning. 

Structures at the school, including classrooms, have been developed from mud by the community's residents. 

“A major challenge we face here is infrastructural development, i.e. the classrooms and dual desks,” Simon Aboagye, Headteacher of Krachikrom D/A, said.

The pupils numbering about 358 are sheltered in this makeshift clay structure with inadequate desks to study. Some pupils are compelled to carry their chairs from home to school. 

The ailing conditions at the school and community have shied away from many teachers. 

“I, for instance, when I was posted here, I was disturbed. The same applies to some of the teachers. Sometimes, when they look at the structure, they will go and not return,” he said.

However, for the timely intervention of the Seventh Day Adventist’s Youth Association, these kids may have a brighter tomorrow. 

The youth association is supporting pupils in the community to access quality education.

In celebration of the Global Youth Day, the Association donated assorted educational items worth ¢23,000 to the school, including uniforms and stationery to support pupils in this community. 

President of the Seventh Day Adventist Youth-Central Conference, Samuel Asante, revealed the Association is liaising with a foreign organization to have the school refurbished.

“This is phase one of our project. We are also considering giving the school a befitting classroom to stay in the next phase of this project,” he said.

The Association also awarded two pupils of the school with a fully-paid scholarship from basic school to tertiary.