The Rotary Club in Sunyani East in the Bono Region says they are committed to providing more services to communities in the region and beyond in the years ahead.

The not-for-profit club says they have so far spent about $700,000 in providing support in education, healthcare, water, and sanitation in a decade of its existence to beneficiary communities, including Nkrankrom, Antwikrom, Nsoatre, and Fiapre.

This, the President, revealed at the launch of the Club's 10th anniversary at the Eusbett Hotel in Sunyani. The occasion brought together stakeholders as they took stock of a journey that started on April 18, 2013, and a focus to continue to serve their communities for the next decade.

In her remarks as the 10th president of the club, Rotarian President Veronica Ama Yeboah said, “the journey has been impactful. We have embarked on and completed projects that have brought relieves to our beneficiary communities, and we aim at doing more”.

The projects were funded with the support of partner Rotary International clubs.

Some of the projects completed include the rehabilitation of healthcare centres, provision of medical equipment including incubators, autoclaves, nebulizers, blood fridges, patient monitors, and ultrasound machines, construction of ultra-modern classroom blocks with a computer lab, internet router, 400 watts solar electricity, furniture, books, and training of teachers.

Others are the construction of micro-flush toilets and boreholes, the provision of personal protective equipment during the covid-19 period, and the periodic disinfestation of the Sunyani Central Prisons.

RTN Ama Yeboah revealed that the club has adopted the Sunyani Central Prisons and annually supports inmates willing to further their education. She further said they are constructing a fence wall at the Nwawasua Municipal Assembly Schools, near Sunyani, to ward off intruders during class hours.

In addition to the many ongoing projects in Sunyani, Nwawasua, and Kurosua No1, she said the club is set to embark on a menstrual hygiene education in May to provide sanitary pads to girls and educate them on menstrual hygiene.

“We want to ensure that the girls would not miss school and would be able to do their normal activities during their menstrual periods”, she said.

She urged all Rotarians and well-wishers to join them in the yearlong anniversary with activities including games with schools and corporate bodies, mounting rotary wheels, anniversary lectures, and a handing over ceremony.

“I urge members to eschew all tendencies of apathy and stay on the path of rebuilding our club to a high status, learn from the ideals of Rotary so that we can serve humanity”, she appealed.

She expressed the gratitude of the board and membership of the Rotary Club of Sunyani East to their mother club, Rotary Club of Sunyani Central, for their guidance and support over the years.

Effective July 1, 2023, Ghana is expected to become an independent rotary district, and the Assistant Governor Designate for the district, Jerry Okyere, said the intent as they move to a new district is to be more visible, impactful and devise Rotary work, and therefore appealed to members to step up their efforts.

The Sunyani Municipal Chief Executive, Ansu Kumi, applauded the club for their good work in complimenting the government in developmental projects for the communities.

He assured the club and other developmental associations of the assembly’s readiness to support them to bring respites to beneficiaries and further urged them not to rest on their oars.

The foundation president of the club, Rotarian Charter President Mike Gyamfi joined the current president, RTN Ama Yeboah, to launch the anniversary with awards presented to some distinguished individuals and organizations.

Also in attendance were members of the Rotaract Club of the University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani.