Afrikids Ghana organizes Speech and Prize Giving Day for Gane-Asonge Basic School Afrikids Ghana, a child right NGO has facilitated the first ever speech and prize giving day in Gane-Asonge, basic School, a mining community in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region. This forms part of the NGO’s campaign struggle to increase met enrolment in schools by 2017 under a three-year project nicknamed “Opening Doors to School (ODTS)”. The project is also intended to ensure a 15 percent increase in the pass rate of student within the said period. In a welcome address, the Headmistress of the school, Olivia Azoteyine, commended Afrikids Ghana for its sense of responsiveness. According to her, the day marked a significant milestone in academic pursuit of the school, having chalked substantial feat in both curricular and extra -curricular activities including cultural performances. She was equally grateful to Afrikids for its renewed effort in fighting early child marriage. GBC