One thousand one hundred and twenty-nine students of the Machoni, Gulyansi and Lanja primary schools in the Bimbilla North District of the northern region have been forced to study under trees after a heavy rainstorm hit the area.<\/p>\n
The rainstorm that hit the district on Monday ripped off the roof of their classrooms and totally destroyed their school buildings.<\/p>\n
Again, one thousand and sixteen people have been rendered homeless following the devastating storm.<\/p>\n
The Nanumba North District NADMO Coordinator, Nlebe Kojo who confirmed this to Citi fM<\/strong> on Thursday added that five hundred and seventy-one homes were destroyed by the rainstorm.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”pEmWisCV1O9sPcZdJFZRZ1gO1w2TUfab”]”The school pupils are now studying under tress because there is no academic facilty available for them to continue with academic work. For the residents, they are perching temporarily with other residents whose homes were not wrecked,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n Mr. Nlebe said that to compound the problem, they were yet to receive relief items from the headquarters in Accra \u00a0for onward distribution.<\/p>\n \u2018We are therefore appealing to philanthropists to come to the aid of the affected persons in order to lessen their plight, \u2019\u2019 Mr Nlebe stated.<\/p>\n Over the years the northern part of Ghana has been hit by several rainstorms which have left thousands displaced.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n