The Achimota Trust

Patron: The Lord Ribeiro, Kt, CBE, of Achimota and Ovington

The Achimota Trust is a  Charity Registered in England and Wales no. 295966

Projects

Ut Omnes Unum Sint

• In support of the Estate requirements of the School, including tractor, slashers and brush-cutter, refurbishment of House 18 (now OAA House), Guggisberg House, Maintenance Department and contributions to the rehabilitation of the sewage works and the biogas project, over £29,500.
• In support of the administration by the provision of office equipment, almost £6,000
• In support of the Achimota Hospital, £1,350.
• Contribution to the refurbishment of the school clock, £4,000.
• Provision of new organ for the Aggrey Chapel, over £5,000.

For full details of All Projects since the inception of the Trust, click here.

For News Reports on some of the Previous Projects undertaken by the Trust, click here.

Projects Currently Under Way (2011)are the Assembly Hall and the Cadbury ICT Suite.

In 2010, the Cadbury Foundation awarded to the Trust a grant  of £25,000 to be used in support of the School’s information technology strategy and, in particular, in support of the 1983 Year Group project to provide a modern and up-to-date computer suite for use by students throughout the School. The Secretary of the 1983 Year Group, Akora Pauline Brobbey, met the Chairman of the Cadbury Foundation, Mr Neil Makin,  and presented him with a photograph of the School Gates as a memento and mark of gratitude to the Foundation for their generous support.

The help which the Cadbury Foundation has given to us is in keeping with the long tradition of support which the Cadbury family has offered to Achimota School since as early as 1925. It is entirely appropriate that the name of Cadbury should be remembered in Cadbury House, one of the School’s boarding houses, and to that permanent tribute to the generosity of Cadbury will now be added the Cadbury ICT suite.

LATEST PROGRESS REPORT (16 September 2011):

Akora Carol Annang (1983 Year Group) has reported to the Trust that, since her last report on 24 June 2011, electrical wiring has been completed, the ceiling has been installed, the floor screed has been laid and burglar proofing installed.  The installation of the windows has been delayed until  the terrazzo floor is completed.

Carol further reports that the next steps are to complete the laying of the terrazzo floor, install lighting, windows and doors and air-conditioning, followed by final painting of the building and landscaping of the area around it.  It is intended by the project group that these steps will be completed by the end of September in readiness for handing over the completed project to the School.  The Trustees are delighted with the progress achieved on this important project and grateful to the 83 year group for their efficient project management and reporting.

The pictures below give some idea of the progress of the works:

Cadbury House (1963)

Pauline Brobbey of the 83 Year Group with the Chairman of the Cadbury Foundation, Neil Makin

Cadbury ICT Suite

Since its establishment, the Trust has disbursed a total of £105,216 in direct expenditure on the School:

• In direct support of the academic and curricular work of the School, including science equipment, home science equipment and consumables, sports equipment, swimming pool equipment, audio-visual equipment, over £20,500.
• On IT requirements in the School, almost £33,500.

The Trustees are most grateful for the legacy of £10,000 from the estate of Nana Alan Rudwick, OBE, Headmaster of Achimota School from 1965 to 1977. This very generous bequest will be used towards the rehabilitation and refurbishment of the School Assembly Hall which is the Trust's major project for the current year. It is hoped that, with the approval of the School Board, the Hall will be renamed the Nana Alan Rudwick Memorial Hall.

At the end of March 2011, the contract for the refurbishment and rehabilitation works was awarded to Sando Construction and Property Development, the company of Akora Nana Kwasi Asante-Sakyi (69 Year Group).

LATEST PROGRESS REPORT (14 November 2011)

Refurbishment work on the building has now been completed.   Akora Asante-Sakyi has provided the photographs of the finished product which appear below.

Assembly Hall

The project was completed, as promised, in time for the Annual School Speech Day (photos left), which was held on Saturday 12 November. The guest speaker was Professor Ernest Aryeetey, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana.