Koforidua, July 25, GNA - Representatives of World Health Organization (WHO) and Royal Netherlands Embassy in Accra have assisted 300 orphans in Eastern Region with cash and other items to motivate them in their education.

They included stationery, school uniforms, shoes, sandals and those in Senior High Schools were given 60 Ghana cedis each, Junior High Schools 50 Ghana cedis each and Primary schools 30 Ghana cedis each. Mr Ofosu Asamoah, Deputy Eastern Regional Minister, who presented the items to the children at Koforidua on Friday, said the development and progress of any nation depended on its human resource. He noted that welfare of children, the country's future leaders should be the priority or major concern of the people, government and urged parents to provide an enabling environment for the proper growth of the child, physically, mentally and socially. Mr Asamoah advised parents to encourage their children to discover their strengths and weaknesses, interests, talents and abilities and guide them to improve on those skills for the future. He expressed appreciation to the donors for the assistance and appealed for more support in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Dr Sally Ann Ohene, on behalf of WHO, said the organization was interested in the well-being of children and urged the recipients to reciprocate the gesture by studying hard.