{"id":362811,"date":"2017-10-18T06:00:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T06:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=362811"},"modified":"2017-10-18T06:00:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T06:00:50","slug":"mcdan-ceo-to-rescue-la-presby-students-studying-on-cement-blocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/mcdan-ceo-to-rescue-la-presby-students-studying-on-cement-blocks\/","title":{"rendered":"McDan CEO to rescue La Presby students studying on cement blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The well-documented struggles of the\u00a0first year Senior High School students at the La Presby Senior High School may be lessened after the\u00a0CEO of McDan Shipping, Daniel Makorley, pledged to donate furniture to first-year classrooms that have students sitting on <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/16\/free-shs-la-presby-students-study-on-cement-blocks\/\">cement blocks<\/a><\/strong><\/span> and wooden planks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Citi News&#8217; <\/strong>serialized<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>reports on the school&#8217;s troubling\u00a0infrastructure deficit, caught the attention of the CEO, who also said furniture would also be provided for the teachers.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Makorley said this gesture was his own way of giving back to the society that developed him.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_362373\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-362373\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-362373\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/La-Presby-SHS-struggles-2.jpg\" alt=\"Citi News earlier reported that some students were sitting on cement blocks, with no tables\" width=\"600\" height=\"449\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-362373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Citi News<\/strong> earlier reported that some students were sitting on cement blocks, with no tables.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-362813\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/La-Presby-McDan-1.jpg\" alt=\"la-presby-mcdan-1\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He was seemingly stunned by the conditions\u00a0of school in Ghana&#8217;s capital city.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is serious. I really don\u2019t have words to explain it. When I heard your news, it broke my heart a little. I had a lot of things to do, but had to cancel to be here\u00a0this morning [Tuesday] to assess the situation,\u201d he told <strong>Citi News.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn\u2019t know the extent of the problem, but from what I am seeing right now, it is serious. It\u2019s the middle of the city and kids are sitting on blocks learning. Some are virtually standing, and you can also see that the classrooms are over crowded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said he was going to contract a furniture shop to start producing tables and chairs for them immediately.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is what I can also do to help my community. I can\u2019t do much,\u201d Mr. Makorley said, adding that it was about time the private sector stepped in to aid some of the schools in need \u201cand pay back to the society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s heartbreaking that we will see kids like this in the middle of the city. 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