First edition spellers fete Louise children hospital patients

By Bernard Yaw ASHIADEY

19 spellers of the first edition of the Spelling Bee competition and the organizers of the competition have paid a courtesy call on the staff and patients of the Princess Marie Louise Children Hospital in Accra.

The spellers played with and taught the children in the hospital how to draw, colour and paint out objects on paper and also did feed the children as well.

Eugenia Tachie-Menson, Country Director of Spelling Bee Ghana, said the aim of the visit was to make the children in the hospital feel that they have not been neglected after falling sick.

“Since our target group are children we thought that we should visit them and fete them so that they will feel happy and cheer up which can speed up the healing process.

“We are very happy that we visited the hospital because we have learnt a lot from these children. This is because seeing these children go through so much pain has taught us that we are all humans but we are just lucky to be strong.

Mrs. Tachie-Menson added that the visit was also to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Spelling Bee competition and also to bring together most of the spellers of the first competition.

The competition’s first winner 17 year old Isabel Yirebatia Kubabom of SOS International School, Tema, said the exercise really has brought out the spirit of volunteerism in them.

“We are very happy we undertook this exercise because we feel that we the fortunate ones should continuously volunteer to help the under privileged ones.

“We should try to give back to the community and not be thinking of ourselves all the time. Our selfless attitude can help change many lives in the country and the world at large,” she said.

18 year old Jonathan Korsah of Ghana International School added that the exercise has been very inspiring to them because they have personally learnt the art of giving back to the society we live in.

“I think that this exercise should be done at regular intervals because it is a great way of giving back to society. It makes me feel very responsible because I spent about half the day impacting positively in the lives of my younger ones,” he said.