FOURTEEN MEMBERS OF "OPERATION CROSSROADS AFRICA" - A STUDENT VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION FROM THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA - ARE WORKING WITH 11 MEMBERS OF THE AQUINAS SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, LEGON, ALSO A VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION, IN PUTTING UP A TWO-STOREY SCHOOL BLOCK AT MANDO, NEAR AJUMAKO IN GHANA'S CENTRAL REGION.

THE NEW SCHOOL BLOCK WILL COMPROMISE 10 CLASSROOMS, AN OFFICE, A STORE AND AN ARTS AND CRAFTS HALL. LOCAL PEOPLE IN THE MANDO DISTRICT ARE ALSO HELPING WITH THE BUILDING WORK.

PART OF THE NEW BLOCK WILL REPLACE A 20-YEAR-OLD BLOCK OF THE LOCAL METHODIST PRIMARY SCHOOL. THE REST WILL BE OCCUPIED BY A MIDDLE SCHOOL.