Giving the background and activities of the organisation over the years, the Right Worshipful Hood said the organisation was one of the oldest charitable fraternal organisations in the world with its headquarters in London.
He said the larger group was known as the United Grand Lodge of England, emphasizing “We are a charitable organisation, we are not a religion, we don’t practise religion and we are not a political organisation.
He said the organisation had over the years supported several institutions across the country including; the Noguchi Medical Research Institute, the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine and the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital among others.
Hajia Adisa Emelia Abdulai, the Talensi District Director of the Ghana Education Service who received the uniforms on behalf of the Shia Primary School, thanked the organisation for the gesture.
She said some of the girls were brilliant and needed support to encourage them to study and become responsible citizens. “Your intervention has come at the right time,” she noted.
Hajia Abdulai said the COVID-19 had affected academic activities, adding that the COVID-19 break resulted in underage marriages and pregnancies among pupils across the District.
“Some of the girls are pregnant, some are married. We have about 115 girls who went through these crisis. Only 36 were able to return to school. Some had admissions into Senior High School, but for the fact that they were married or pregnant, or had given birth, they were forced to stay back at home,” she said.
At the Gingabnia and Biu-Sensa Primary Schools, authorities expressed gratitude to the organisation for the gesture and appealed for more support for their respective schools.