PL George Nursery School in Bakau Newtown on Wednesday launched a breakfast programme for the school children.
The
programme is geared towards supporting the pupils, parents and teachers of the
school.
Madam
Charlotte Barney, initiator of the breakfast programme, said the school was
established by her late mother who she said was very much concerned about
children.
Giving
an overview of how the breakfast programme came about, she said when her mum
was alive, she used to come to the school and she observed that some of the
children do go to school hungry.
“So
when I went back to America, I talked to some colleagues and thank God I
succeeded in getting Sprout Mission in California as sponsors for the breakfast
programme,” she said.
Chairman
of PL George Nursery School Parent Teachers Association, Modou Cham, commended
the donors for “the worthy course”, saying as far as education is concerned,
providing food for the pupils is very essential.
“The
breakfast programme will serve as a motivation and encouragement for the
children to come to school and concentrate more on their education,” he said.
The
secretary general of PL George Nursery School PTA, Mustapha Jatta, also hailed
the sponsors for “this bold initiative”, while praying for the sustainability
of the programme.
The
headmaster of PL George Nursery School, Mohammed Musa, applauded the sponsors
through Madam Charlotte Barney for supporting the breakfast programme.
He
said the gesture is appreciated by both the teachers of the school and parents
of the children.
