Ghana: Assisting in the building and maintenance of schools in Godenu (June 2018)
We are pleased and honored to announce that the first phase of the Order's physical and financial assistance in the upgrading and maintenance of the Godenu schools have been initiated. In June, a delegation from the Order, led by its Grand Chancellor, have delivered the first supplies of assistance to the school children of Hohoe, Ghana and was also successful in reaching a long-term agreement with Togbe the III, the Chieftan and Head of the Royal family of Godenu, who is also the Grand Prior of the Order in Ghana, to aid and assist the 250 school children in the region which need all the help possible in order to further their primary, secondary and post-secondary education.
The delegation also comprised one of the legal aides of the Order, the Chev. Johann Debono. Hohoe Municipal is one of the 25 administrative districts of the Volta Region of Ghana. It was carved out of the former Kpando District. It was established by the Legislative Instrument of 2012. The Municipality has a total land area of 1,172 km2, which is 5.6 percent of the land area of the region. It shares borders with the Republic of Togo on the east, forming part of Ghana's international border; on the southeast by the Afadzato district and southwest by Kpando Municipality; on the north with Jasikan district; and on the northwest with the Biakoye districts. Its capital, Hohoe, is about 78 kilometres from Ho, the regional capital and 220 km from Accra, the national capital. The population of Hohoe Municipality, according to the 2010 Population and Housing Census, is 167,016 representing 7.9 percent of the total population of the Volta Region. It comprises 52.1 percent females and 47.9 percent males.