La Mansaamo Kpee launches anniversary

THE La Mansaamo Kpee (LMK), a community development association, has launched its 30th anniversary celebration in La, Accra.
The Association, which was formed in 1979 by a group of concerned citizens in the La community, is to mobilise grass roots support for self-sustained development in the La community.
The main objectives of the association is to provide a forum for free discussion on matters of development concern to the people as the central government alone could not provide the development needs of the people.
It is also to help raise the standard of living and quality of life of the inhabitants by providing and improving public health, sanitation, education and recreational facilities in the area through self-help and voluntary services.
So far, the association has, within its 30 years of existence, established a community bank, the La Community Bank, which was registered with an authorised share capital of GH¢ 10,000, representing 15 per cent preference share earmarked for the La community.
As part of its programme to provide employable skills for the youth within the La community, the association established the La Vocational and Technical Training Centre, which provide training in carpentry and joinery, building technology and dressmaking for the youth in the community.
Realising the important role women played in national development, the association, in 1993, formed an umbrella organisation responsible for women affairs known as Yei Anoyaa Kpee (Women Development Programme).
Its main objective is to educate women in the community to know their rights and responsibilities, create self-employment opportunities for them, train them in basic principles of management and introduce them to family planning.
The association has also established an educational fund to assist brilliant but needy students of La.
The fund has over the last few years provided financial assistance to over 200 students at various levels of the educational system.
Launching the year-long anniversary, Mr Peter Kpobi, a counsellor to the association, called for the involvement of all the people to make the celebration a success. He donated an amount of GH¢500 as his personal contribution towards the celebration.
The association has lined up a number of programmes to mark the celebration.
Present at the launch were Mr Peter O. Aryee, Executive Chairman of the Association, Mr K. B. Asante, Mr Peter Kpobi, Mr Kuma Olleanu, Rev Fr Antonio Nelson of the St Paul Anglican Church, and Prof Irene K. Odotei of the University of Ghana.